जिस्मानी
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian جسمانی (jismâni, “bodily”), from Arabic جِسْمَانِيّ (jismāniyy, “bodily, physical”). By surface analysis, जिस्म (jisma) + -आनी (-ānī).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editजिस्मानी • (jismānī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling جسمانی)
Derived terms
edit- जिस्मानी सज़ा (jismānī sazā, “corporal punishment”)
- जिस्मानी मेहनत (jismānī mehnat, “manual labor, physical effort”)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जिस्मानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press