نحوست

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نحوست (nuhūsat), from Arabic نُحُوسَة (nuḥūsa).

Noun

نحوست • (nahūsat) f (Hindi spelling नहूसत)

1. misfortune, ill omen
2. evil, abomination, inauspiciousness
3. unhappy accident, bad presage

Related terms

• منحوس (manhūs)