हुनर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هنر (hunar), from Middle Persian. Compare Punjabi ਹੁਨਰ (hunar) / ہُنَر (hunar), Sindhi هُنَرُ / हुनर, Gujarati હુન્નર (hunnar).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦʊ.nəɾ/, [ɦʊ.nɐɾ]

Noun

हुनर • (hunar) m (Urdu spelling ہُنَر)

  1. art, skill, talent, merit

Declension
Declension of हुनर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct हुनर
hunar		 हुनर
hunar
oblique हुनर
hunar		 हुनरों
hunarõ
vocative हुनर
hunar		 हुनरो
hunaro

Derived terms
  • हुनरमंद (hunarmand)

Further reading
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “हुनर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “हुनर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हुनर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हुनर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • “हुनर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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