मेहमाननवाज़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مهمان‌نوازی (mihmān-nawāzī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /meːɦ.mɑːn.nə.ʋɑː.ziː/, [meːʱ.mä̃ːn.nɐ.ʋäː.ziː], /meːɦ.mɑːn.nə.ʋɑː.d͡ʒiː/, [meːʱ.mä̃ːn.nɐ.ʋäː.d͡ʒiː]

Noun

मेहमाननवाज़ी • (mehmānnavāzī) f (Urdu spelling مہمان نوازی)

1. hospitality

   Synonyms: आतिथ्य (ātithya), पहुनाई (pahunāī), मेहमानदारी (mehmāndārī)

Declension

Declension of मेहमाननवाज़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेहमाननवाज़ी mehmānnavāzī	मेहमाननवाज़ियाँ mehmānnavāziyā̃
oblique	मेहमाननवाज़ी mehmānnavāzī	मेहमाननवाज़ियों mehmānnavāziyõ
vocative	मेहमाननवाज़ी mehmānnavāzī	मेहमाननवाज़ियो mehmānnavāziyo

References

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