दहशत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دهشت (dahšat), from Arabic دَهْشَة (dahša). Compare Punjabi ਦਹਸ਼ਤ (dahśat) / دہشت (dhśt), Gujarati દહેશત (daheśat).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪əɦ.ʃət̪/, [d̪ɛʱ.ʃɐt̪]

Noun

दहशत • (dahśat) f (Urdu spelling دہشت)

  1. terror, fear
  2. intimidation, terrorism

Declension
Declension of दहशत (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct दहशत
dahśat		 दहशतें
dahśatẽ
oblique दहशत
dahśat		 दहशतों
dahśatõ
vocative दहशत
dahśat		 दहशतो
dahśato

Derived terms
  • दहशतगर्दी (dahśatgardī)
  • दहशतंगेज़ (dahaśtaṅgez)

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دهشت (dahšat), from Arabic دَهْشَة (dahša).

Noun

दहशत • (dahśat) f

  1. fear, terror, fright
    Synonyms: धडकी (dhaḍkī), भय (bhay), भीती (bhītī)

Derived terms
  • दहशतवाद (dahśatvād)
  • दहशतवादी (dahśatvādī)

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “दहशत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दहशत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “दहशत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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