मेहनतकश

Hindi edit

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मेहनतकश

Alternative forms edit

मेहनत-कश (mehnat-kaś)

Etymology edit

A Persianized compound of मेहनत (mehnat, “hard-work, effort”) +‎ कश (kaś, “inhaling, pulling”). The sense "Hufflepuff" is derived from the hard-working [and loyal] nature of those sorted into this house.

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /meːɦ.nət̪.kəʃ/, [meːʱ.nɐt̪.kɐʃ]

Adjective edit

मेहनतकश • (mehnatkaś) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مِحْنَتکَش)

hard-working, industrious

Proper noun edit

मेहनतकश • (mehnatkaś) m

Hufflepuff

Declension edit

Declension of मेहनतकश (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	मेहनतकश mehnatkaś
oblique	मेहनतकश mehnatkaś
vocative	मेहनतकश mehnatkaś

Coordinate terms edit

गरुड़द्वार (garuṛadvār, “Gryffindor”)
नागशक्ति (nāgśakti, “Slytherin”)
चीलघात (cīlghāt, “Ravenclaw”)

Further reading edit

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मेहनतकश”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेहनतकश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
“मेहनत-कश”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.