تنہائی

See also: تنهایی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tanhāyī). By surface analysis, تنہا (tanhā) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ən.ɦɑː.iː/
Rhymes: -ɑː.iː

Noun

تَنْہائی • (tanhāī) f (Hindi spelling तनहाई)

loneliness, solitude, isolation
Synonyms: اکیلاپن (akelāpan), خلوت (xalvat)
- Parveen Shakir, دعا کا ٹوٹا ہوا حرف سرد آہ میں ہے :
  میں بچ بھی جاؤں تو تنہائی مار ڈالے گی
  ma͠i bac bhī jāõ to tanhāī mār ḍālegī
  Even if I survive, loneliness will kill me
privacy
solitary confinement

Further reading

“تنہائی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
“تنہائی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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