दहशत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دهشت (dahšat), from Arabic دَهْشَة (dahša). Compare Punjabi ਦਹਸ਼ਤ (dahśat) / دہشت (dhśt), Gujarati દહેશત (daheśat).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪əɦ.ʃət̪/, [d̪ɛʱ.ʃɐt̪]

Noun

दहशत • (dahśat) f (Urdu spelling دہشت)

1. terror, fear
2. intimidation, terrorism

Declension

Declension of दहशत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दहशत dahśat	दहशतें dahśatẽ
oblique	दहशत dahśat	दहशतों dahśatõ
vocative	दहशत dahśat	दहशतो dahśato

Derived terms

• दहशतगर्दी (dahśatgardī)
• दहशतंगेज़ (dahaśtaṅgez)

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دهشت (dahšat), from Arabic دَهْشَة (dahša).

Noun

दहशत • (dahśat) f

1. fear, terror, fright

   Synonyms: धडकी (dhaḍkī), भय (bhay), भीती (bhītī)

Derived terms

• दहशतवाद (dahśatvād)
• दहशतवादी (dahśatvādī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “दहशत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दहशत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “दहशत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).