चुसनी

Hindi

Etymology

चुसना (cusnā, “to be sucked”) +‎ -नी (-nī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʊs.niː/

Noun

चुसनी • (cusnī) f

1. pacifier
2. the act of sucking

Declension

Declension of चुसनी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चुसनी cusnī	चुसनियाँ cusniyā̃
oblique	चुसनी cusnī	चुसनियों cusniyõ
vocative	चुसनी cusnī	चुसनियो cusniyo

References

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