अनशन
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit अनशन (anaśana). By surface analysis, अन्- (an-, negative suffix) + अशन (aśan, “food”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
अनशन • (anśan) m
- hunger strike
- Synonym: भूख-हड़ताल (bhūkh-haṛtāl)
- fasting, abstinence from food
Declension edit
Declension of अनशन (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms edit
- अनशनकारी (anśankārī)
Further reading edit
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “अनशन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 14.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “अनशन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 23
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अनशन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 194
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अनशन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 31
- Platts, John T. (1884) “अनशन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.