तल्ख़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (talxī). By surface analysis, तल्ख़ (talx) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪əl.xiː/, [t̪ɐl.xiː], /t̪əl.kʰiː/, [t̪ɐl.kʰiː]

Noun

तल्ख़ी • (talxī) f (Urdu spelling تلخی)

bitterness, acrimony
Synonym: कड़वापन (kaṛvāpan)

Declension

Declension of तल्ख़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तल्ख़ी talxī	तल्ख़ियाँ talxiyā̃
oblique	तल्ख़ी talxī	तल्ख़ियों talxiyõ
vocative	तल्ख़ी talxī	तल्ख़ियो talxiyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “talkhi”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.