विरहिणी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विरहिणी (virahiṇī). Doublet of बिरहन (birhan), an ardhatatsama

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪɾ.ɦɪ.ɳiː/

Noun

विरहिणी • (virhiṇī) f

1. woman suffering the pangs of separation from her lover or husband
2. woman separated from her lover or husband

Declension

Declension of विरहिणी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विरहिणी virhiṇī	विरहिणियाँ virhiṇiyā̃
oblique	विरहिणी virhiṇī	विरहिणियों virhiṇiyõ
vocative	विरहिणी virhiṇī	विरहिणियो virhiṇiyo

References

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