चिरंजीव

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिरंजीव (ciraṃjīva), from चिरम् (ciram, “for a long time”) +‎ जीव (jīva, “living”).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪ.ɾən.d͡ʒiːʋ/, [t͡ʃɪ.ɾɐ̃n.d͡ʒiːʋ]

Adjective edit

चिरंजीव • (cirañjīv) (indeclinable)

long-lived
Synonym: दीर्घजीवी (dīrghajīvī)

References edit

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

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