ख़ुशहाली

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خوشحالی (xʷušhālī). By surface analysis, ख़ुशहाल (xuśhāl, prosperous) + -ई (). Compare Punjabi ਖੁਸ਼ਹਾਲੀ (khuśhālī) / خوش حالی (xoś ḥālī), Gujarati ખુશાલી (khuśālī), Marathi खुशाली (khuśālī).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /xʊʃ.ɦɑː.liː/, [xʊʃ.ɦäː.liː], /kʰʊʃ.ɦɑː.liː/, [kʰʊʃ.ɦäː.liː]

Noun

ख़ुशहाली • (xuśhālī) f (Urdu spelling خوش حالی)

  1. prosperity; flourishing

Declension

References

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