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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian روشنی (rawšanī, rōšanī).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɾoːʃ.niː/

Noun edit

रोशनी (rośnīf (Urdu spelling روشنی)

  1. light
    Synonyms: उजाला (ujālā), प्रकाश (prakāś)
  2. lamp; any source of light
    Synonyms: दीपक (dīpak), चिराग़ (cirāġ), दीप (dīp), दीपिका (dīpikā)
  3. splendour, lustre
  4. (idiomatic) knowledge of light
    नई रोशनी के युवकnaī rośnī ke yuvakThe youth of the new light

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