शख़्स

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شخص (šaxs), from Arabic شَخْص (šaḵṣ). Compare Bengali শখ্‌স (śokhs).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃəxs/, [ʃɐxs], /ʃəkʰs/, [ʃɐkʰs], /ʃəks/, [ʃɐks]

Noun

शख़्स • (śaxs) m (Urdu spelling شخص)

1. person, individual, guy

   Synonyms: आदमी (ādmī), व्यक्ति (vyakti), बंदा (bandā)

Declension

Declension of शख़्स (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शख़्स śaxs	शख़्स śaxs
oblique	शख़्स śaxs	शख़्सों śaxsõ
vocative	शख़्स śaxs	शख़्सो śaxso

Derived terms

• शख़्सियत (śaxsiyat)