मायूस

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مأیوس (ma'yūs), from Arabic مَأْيُوس (maʔyūs). Compare Punjabi ਮਾਯੂਸ (māyūs) / مایوس (māyvs).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

मायूस • (māyūs) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مایوس)

1. despondent, heartsick, despirited, downcast

Related terms

• मायूसी (māyūsī)

References

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