बेशर्म

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بی‌شرم (bē-šarm). Equivalent to बे- (be-) +‎ शर्म (śarm, “shame”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /beː.ʃəɾm/, [beː.ʃɐɾm]
• Rhymes: -əɾm

Adjective

बेशर्म • (beśarm) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بے شرم)

1. shameless

Related terms

• बेशर्मी (beśarmī, “shamelessness”)

References

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