Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian توهین (tawhīn), from Arabic تَوْهِين (tawhīn), verbal noun of وَهَّنَ (wahhana, to debilitate, to dishearten).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ɔː.ɦiːn/, [t̪ɔː.ɦĩːn]

Noun edit

तौहीन (tauhīnf (Urdu spelling توہین)

  1. insult, dishonor
    • Ibrat Siddiqui
      ख़ुद-कुशी जुर्म भी है सब्र की तौहीन भी है
      इस लिए इश्क़ में मर मर के जिया जाता है
      xud-kuśī jurm bhī hai sabra kī tauhīn bhī hai
      is lie iśq mẽ mar mar ke jiyā jātā hai
      Suicide is a crime, as well as an insult to patience
      that is why I keep on living, dying in love
    Synonyms: बेइज़्ज़ती (beizzatī), अपमान (apmān)

Declension edit