ख़ुदकुशी

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Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خودکشی (xwadkušī). By surface analysis, ख़ुद (xud, “self”) +‎ कुशी (kuśī, “killing”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /xʊd̪.kʊ.ʃiː/, /kʰʊd̪.kʊ.ʃiː/

Noun

ख़ुदकुशी • (xudkuśī) f (Urdu spelling خودکُشی)

  1. (less common) suicide
    Synonym: आत्महत्या (ātmahatyā)
    ख़ुदकुशी करना ― xudkuśī karnā ― to suicide

Declension

Declension of ख़ुदकुशी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct ख़ुदकुशी
xudkuśī 		ख़ुदकुशियाँ
xudkuśiyā̃
oblique ख़ुदकुशी
xudkuśī 		ख़ुदकुशियों
xudkuśiyõ
vocative ख़ुदकुशी
xudkuśī 		ख़ुदकुशियो
xudkuśiyo

References

  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ḳḥud”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • “ख़ुद-कुशी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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