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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تنهایی (tanhāyī). By surface analysis, تنہا (tanhā) + ـی (-ī).
Pronunciation
Noun
تَنْہائی • (tanhāī) f (Hindi spelling तनहाई)
- loneliness, solitude, isolation
- Synonyms: اکیلاپن (akelāpan), خلوت (xalvat)
Parveen Shakir,
دعا کا ٹوٹا ہوا حرف سرد آہ میں ہے :
- میں بچ بھی جاؤں تو تنہائی مار ڈالے گی
- ma͠i bac bhī jāõ to tanhāī mār ḍālegī
- Even if I survive, loneliness will kill me
- privacy
- solitary confinement
Further reading
- “تنہائی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- “تنہائی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.