सुर्ख़ाब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (surxāb, literally “red water”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sʊɾ.xɑːb/, [sʊɾ.xäːb], /sʊɾ.kʰɑːb/, [sʊɾ.kʰäːb]
Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

सुर्ख़ाब • (surxāb) m (Urdu spelling سرخاب)

ruddy shelduck, Brahminy duck, Tadorna ferruginea
Synonym: चकवा (cakvā)

Declension

Declension of सुर्ख़ाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सुर्ख़ाब surxāb	सुर्ख़ाब surxāb
oblique	सुर्ख़ाब surxāb	सुर्ख़ाबों surxābõ
vocative	सुर्ख़ाब surxāb	सुर्ख़ाबो surxābo

Derived terms

सुर्ख़ाब का पर होना (surxāb kā par honā)
सुर्ख़ाब का पंख होना (surxāb kā paṅkh honā)

References

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

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