ख़ुशहाली

See also: ख़ुशहाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خوشحالی (xʷušhālī). By surface analysis, ख़ुशहाल (xuśhāl, “prosperous”) +‎ -ई (-ī). Compare Punjabi ਖੁਸ਼ਹਾਲੀ (khuśhālī) / خوش حالی (xoś ḥālī), Gujarati ખુશાલી (khuśālī), Marathi खुशाली (khuśālī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xʊʃ.ɦɑː.liː/, [xʊʃ.ɦäː.liː], /kʰʊʃ.ɦɑː.liː/, [kʰʊʃ.ɦäː.liː]

Noun

ख़ुशहाली • (xuśhālī) f (Urdu spelling خوش حالی)

1. prosperity; flourishing

Declension

Declension of ख़ुशहाली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ुशहाली xuśhālī	ख़ुशहालियाँ xuśhāliyā̃
oblique	ख़ुशहाली xuśhālī	ख़ुशहालियों xuśhāliyõ
vocative	ख़ुशहाली xuśhālī	ख़ुशहालियो xuśhāliyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खु़श”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press