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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دهشت (dahšat), from Arabic دَهْشَة (dahša). Compare Punjabi ਦਹਸ਼ਤ (dahśat) / دہشت (dhśt), Gujarati દહેશત (daheśat).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪əɦ.ʃət̪/,
Noun
दहशत • (dahśat) f (Urdu spelling دہشت)
- terror, fear
- intimidation, terrorism
Declension
Declension of दहशत (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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दहशत
dahśat
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दहशतें
dahśatẽ
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| oblique
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दहशत
dahśat
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दहशतों
dahśatõ
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| vocative
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दहशत
dahśat
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दहशतो
dahśato
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Derived terms
References
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دهشت (dahšat), from Arabic دَهْشَة (dahša).
Noun
दहशत • (dahśat) f
- fear, terror, fright
- Synonyms: धडकी (dhaḍkī), भय (bhay), भीती (bhītī)
Derived terms
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “दहशत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दहशत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “दहशत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).