बख़ील

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word बख़ील. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word बख़ील, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say बख़ील in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word बख़ील you have here. The definition of the word बख़ील will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofबख़ील, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بخیل (baxīl, “stingy, miserly”), from Arabic بَخِيل (baḵīl, “stingy, skimpy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bə.xiːl/, , /bə.kʰiːl/,

Adjective

बख़ील • (baxīl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بخیل)

  1. niggard, stingy, scant
    Synonym: कंजूस (kañjūs)
    • The Quran 70.20-21:
      जब उसे तक़लीफ छू भी गयी तो घबरा गया, और जब उसे ज़रा फराग़ी हासिल हुयी तो बख़ील बन बैठा
      jab use taqlīph chū bhī gayī to ghabrā gayā, aur jab use zarā pharāġī hāsil huyī to baxīl ban baiṭhā
      when one is tapped by direness he is abashed, when he attains but a tad of easiness he becomes scant

Noun

बख़ील • (baxīl) m (Urdu spelling بخیل)

  1. scrooge, niggard, curmudgeon

Declension

Declension of बख़ील (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct बख़ील
baxīl 		बख़ील
baxīl
oblique बख़ील
baxīl 		बख़ीलों
baxīlõ
vocative बख़ील
baxīl 		बख़ीलो
baxīlo
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia