वहशत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وحشت (wahšat), from Arabic وَحْشَة (waḥša).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋəɦ.ʃət̪/, [ʋɛʱ.ʃɐt̪]

Noun

वहशत • (vahśat) f (Urdu spelling وحشت)

1. savagery, wildness, madness
   • 1797 – 1869, Ghalib 18.3:

     माना-ए वहशत-ख़िरामीहा-ए लैला कौन है
     ख़ाना-ए मजनून-ए सहरा-गर्द बे-दरवाज़ा था

     mānā-e vahśat-xirāmīhā-e lailā kaun hai
     xānā-e majnūn-e sahrā-gard be-darvāzā thā

     who is a forbidder of the mad-walkings of Laila?
     the house of Majnun the desert-circler was door-less

Declension

Declension of वहशत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वहशत vahśat	वहशतें vahśatẽ
oblique	वहशत vahśat	वहशतों vahśatõ
vocative	वहशत vahśat	वहशतो vahśato