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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit दुष्ट (duṣṭa). Related to the verb दुष्यति (duṣyati, “to be bad, sin, spoil (the mind)”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪ʊʂʈ/
Noun
दुष्ट • (duṣṭ) m
- rascal, rogue, wicked person
1880 – 1936,
Premchand,
दुर्गा का मन्दिर :
- तुम इन दुष्टों को यहाँ से हटाती हो कि नहीं?
- tum in duṣṭõ ko yahā̃ se haṭātī ho ki nahī̃?
- Are you getting these rascals aways from here or not?
Declension
Declension of दुष्ट (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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दुष्ट
duṣṭ
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दुष्ट
duṣṭ
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| oblique
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दुष्ट
duṣṭ
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दुष्टों
duṣṭõ
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| vocative
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दुष्ट
duṣṭ
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दुष्टो
duṣṭo
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Adjective
दुष्ट • (duṣṭ) (indeclinable)
- wicked, evil
- corrupt, base
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