रूह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (rūh), from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ, “spirit”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾuːɦ/, [ɾuːʱ]

Noun

रूह • (rūh) f (Urdu spelling روح)

soul, spirit
Synonym: आत्मा (ātmā)

Declension

Declension of रूह (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रूह rūh	रूहें rūhẽ
oblique	रूह rūh	रूहों rūhõ
vocative	रूह rūh	रूहो rūho

Derived terms

रूह अफ़ज़ा (rūh afzā)
रूह निकलना (rūh nikalnā)
रूहत (rūhat)
रूहानियत (rūhāniyat)
रूहानी (rūhānī)
रूही (rūhī)

References

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

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