चश्मदीद
Hindi
editEtymology
editFrom चश्म (caśma, “eye”) + दीद (dīd, “sight”), ultimately from Classical Persian. Compare Punjabi چشم دید / ਚਸ਼ਮਦੀਦ (caśmadīd).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editचश्मदीद • (caśmdīd) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling چشم دید)
- eyewitness
- Synonym: प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (pratyakṣadarśī)
Derived terms
edit- चश्मदीद गवाह (caśmdīd gavāh)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चश्म”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press