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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian هنر (hunar), from Middle Persian. Compare Punjabi ਹੁਨਰ (hunar) / ہُنَر (hunar), Sindhi هُنَرُ / हुनरु, Gujarati હુન્નર (hunnar).
Pronunciation
Noun
हुनर • (hunar) m (Urdu spelling ہُنَر)
- art, skill, talent, merit
Declension
Declension of हुनर (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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हुनर hunar
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हुनर hunar
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oblique
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हुनर hunar
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हुनरों hunarõ
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vocative
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हुनर hunar
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हुनरो hunaro
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Derived terms
Further reading
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “हुनर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “हुनर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हुनर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हुनर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “हुनर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.