जिस्मानी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جسمانی (jismâni, “bodily”), from Arabic جِسْمَانِيّ (jismāniyy, “bodily, physical”). By surface analysis, जिस्म (jisma) +‎ -आनी (-ānī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪs.mɑː.niː/, [d͡ʒɪs.mäː.niː]

Adjective

जिस्मानी • (jismānī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling جسمانی)

1. having to do with the body, bodily, physical

Derived terms

• जिस्मानी सज़ा (jismānī sazā, “corporal punishment”)
• जिस्मानी मेहनत (jismānī mehnat, “manual labor, physical effort”)

References

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