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Hindi
Etymology
From the stems of डरना (ḍarnā, “to be afraid”) + पोंकना (põknā, “to be fear-stricken”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɖəɾ.poːk/,
- Rhymes: -oːk
- Hyphenation: डर‧पोक
Adjective
डरपोक • (ḍarpok) (indeclinable)
- timid, cowardly, weak-hearted
- Synonyms: डरपोकना (ḍarpoknā), भीरु (bhīru), कायर (kāyar)
- क्या तू डरपोक है? ― kyā tū ḍarpok hai? ― Are you a coward?
Derived terms
References
- Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “डरपोक”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “डर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press