दुश्मन
See also: दुश्मनी
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian دشمن (dušman), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *dušmánah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dušmánas, from Proto-Indo-European *dusménos. Doublet of दुर्मना (durmanā) and दुमन (duman). Compare Assamese দুছমন (dusomon), Bengali দুশমন (duśmon), Gujarati દુશ્મન (duśman), Marathi दुशमन (duśman), Nepali दुश्मन (duśman), Punjabi ਦੁਸ਼ਮਣ (duśmaṇ), Santali ᱫᱩᱥᱢᱚᱱ (dusmôn).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
दुश्मन • (duśman) m (Urdu spelling دشمن)
Declension edit
Declension of दुश्मन (masc cons-stem)
Synonyms edit
- शत्रु (śatru)
Derived terms edit
- अक़्ल का दुश्मन (aqla kā duśman)
Derived terms edit
- दुश्मनी (duśmanī)
References edit
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दुश्मन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Nepali edit
Alternative forms edit
- दुस्मन [dusman]
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian دشمن (dušman).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
दुश्मन • (duśman)
References edit
- “दुश्मन”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “दुश्मन”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar