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Hindi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خودکشی (xwadkušī). By surface analysis, ख़ुद (xud, “self”) + कुशी (kuśī, “slaughter”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /xʊd̪.kʊ.ʃiː/, /kʰʊd̪.kʊ.ʃiː/
Noun
ख़ुदकुशी • (xudkuśī) f (Urdu spelling خودکُشی)
- suicide
- Synonym: आत्महत्या (ātmahatyā)
Declension
Declension of ख़ुदकुशी (fem ī-stem)
Derived terms
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ुद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खुदकुशी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “खुदकुशी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Hardev Bahri (2013) “खुदकुशी”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN
- 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, 2024.