शख़्सियत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شخصیت (šaxsīyat), from Arabic شَخْصِيَّة (šaḵṣiyya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃəx.sɪ.jət̪/, [ʃɐx.si.jɐt̪], /ʃəkʰ.sɪ.jət̪/, [ʃɐkʰ.si.jɐt̪]

Noun

शख़्सियत • (śaxsiyat) f (Urdu spelling شخصیت)

1. individuality, identity
2. personality

   Synonym: व्यक्तित्व (vyaktitva)

   क्या दमदार शख़्सियत है उसकी!

   kyā damdār śaxsiyat hai uskī!

   What an impressive personality he has!

Declension

Declension of शख़्सियत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शख़्सियत śaxsiyat	शख़्सियतें, शख़्सियात śaxsiyatẽ, śaxsiyāt
oblique	शख़्सियत śaxsiyat	शख़्सियतों, शख़्सियातों śaxsiyatõ, śaxsiyātõ
vocative	शख़्सियत śaxsiyat	शख़्सियतो, शख़्सियातो śaxsiyato, śaxsiyāto

Related terms

• शख़्स (śaxs)

References

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