घमंड

See also: घमंडी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• घमण्ड (ghamaṇḍ)

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Punjabi ਘਮੰਡ (ghamaṇḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱə.məɳɖ/, [ɡʱɐ.mɐ̃ɳɖ]

Noun

घमंड • (ghamaṇḍ) m (Urdu spelling گھمنڈ)

1. pride, conceit, haughtiness, arrogance

   Synonyms: अहंकार (ahaṅkār), दर्प (darp), गर्व (garv), अभिमान (abhimān)

2. vanity

Declension

Declension of घमंड (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	घमंड ghamaṇḍ	घमंड ghamaṇḍ
oblique	घमंड ghamaṇḍ	घमंडों ghamaṇḍõ
vocative	घमंड ghamaṇḍ	घमंडो ghamaṇḍo

Derived terms

• घमंडी (ghamaṇḍī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “घमंड”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “घमंड”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “घमंड”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.