हानि

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See also: हुनु, होना, होने, and हनु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हानि (hāni).

Noun

हानि • (hāni) f (Urdu spelling هان)

  1. loss
    उसकी मृत्यु से विज्ञान की बड़ी हानि हुई।
    uskī mŕtyu se vijñān kī baṛī hāni huī.
    His death was a great loss to science.
  2. harm, damage
    कोई हानि नहीं हुई। ― koī hāni nahī̃ huī. ― There is no harm done.

Declension

Declension of हानि (fem i-stem)
singular plural
direct हानि
hāni 		हानियाँ
hāniyā̃
oblique हानि
hāni 		हानियों
hāniyõ
vocative हानि
hāni 		हानियो
hāniyo

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Antonyms

Marathi

Pronunciation

Noun

हानि • (hāni) f

  1. Alternative form of हानी (hānī)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root हा (hā, “to be empty, abandoned”).

Noun

हानि • (hāni) stem, f

  1. (accord. to some fr. √ हन्) abandonment, relinquishment
  2. taking off, laying aside (ornaments)
  3. decrease, diminution
  4. deprivation of (abl.)
  5. damage, loss, failure (also in a lawsuit), ruin
  6. insufficiency, deficit, a minus ĀṡvGṛ. MBh. cessation, disappearance, non-existence

Descendants

  • → Telugu: హాని (hāni)

References

  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “हानि”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.
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