तन दूरी

Hindi
FWOTD – 7 January 2021

Etymology

From तन (tan, “body”) +‎ दूरी (dūrī, “distance”). Humorously contrived in order to be similar to तंदूरी (tandūrī, “tandoori”), but used non-humorously as well.

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ən d̪uː.ɾiː/, [t̪ɐ̃n‿d̪uː.ɾiː]

Noun

तन दूरी • (tan dūrī) f

  1. social distancing
    Synonym: शारीरिक दूरी (śārīrik dūrī)
    • 2020 August 18, Meghshyam Parashar, “कोरोना काल में जीवन और जीविका: समस्या तथा समाधान [koronā kāl mẽ jīvan aur jīvikā: samasyā tathā samādhān, Life and Livelihood in the Corona Period: Problems and Solutions]”, in Patrika:
      मास्क पहनना, दो गज की तन-दूरी तथा हैंड हाइजिन का पालन करना एवं पौष्टिक भोजन खाना।
      māsk pahannā, do gaj kī tan-dūrī tathā haiṇḍ hāijin kā pālan karnā evã pauṣṭik bhojan khānā.
      Wearing a mask, keeping a social distance of two gaz [=abt. 6 feet], and observing hand hygiene, as well as eating nutritious food.

Declension
Declension of तन दूरी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct तन दूरी
tan dūrī		 तन दूरियाँ
tan dūriyā̃
oblique तन दूरी
tan dūrī		 तन दूरियों
tan dūriyõ
vocative तन दूरी
tan dūrī		 तन दूरियो
tan dūriyo
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