गेहुँआ

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

From गेहूँ (gehū̃, wheat).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡeː.ɦʊ̃.ɑː/, [ɡeː.ɦʊ̃.äː]
  • Rhymes: -eː.ɦʊ̃.ɑː
  • Hyphenation: गे‧हुँ‧आ

Adjective edit

गेहुँआ (gehũā)

  1. wheatish, wheat-coloured, tawny (color/colour)
    गेहुँआ:  
    • 2005, कुली [kulī], Rajpal & Sons, translation of Coolie (novel) by Mulk Raj Anand, →ISBN, page 33:
      एक छोटी-सी बालिका थी। शरीर बहुत ही कोमल तथा रंग गेहुँआ था और आकृति पर भोलापन था। मलमल का गुलाबी दुपट्टा ओढ़े रसोईघर के दरवाज़े से वह झाँक रही थी।
      ek choṭī-sī bālikā thī. śarīr bahut hī komal tathā raṅg gehũā thā aur ākŕti par bholāpan thā. malmal kā gulābī dupaṭṭā oṛhe rasoīghar ke darvāze se vah jhā̃k rahī thī.
      [original: A young girl with a fine, wheat-coloured face, framed modestly but prettily in a pink muslin head-cloth, looked in through the kitchen door.]

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References edit

  • Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “गेहुँआ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]