हेर-फेर

Hindi

Etymology

Reduplication of फेर (pher, “wandering, going in circles”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦeːɾ.pʰeːɾ/

Noun

हेर-फेर • (her-pher) m (Urdu spelling ہیر پھیر)

1. confusion, tumult, chaos; a cause of confusion
2. exchange; tinkering, messing around with

   Synonyms: अदल-बदल (adal-badal), अदला-बदली (adlā-badlī)

Declension

Declension of हेर-फेर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हेर-फेर her-pher	हेर-फेर her-pher
oblique	हेर-फेर her-pher	हेर-फेरों her-pherõ
vocative	हेर-फेर her-pher	हेर-फेरो her-phero

See also

• हेरा-फेरी (herā-pherī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हेर-फेर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “हेर-फेर”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN