हैवानियत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حیوانیت (haywānīyat), from Arabic حَيَوَانِيَّة (ḥayawāniyya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɛː.ʋɑː.nɪ.jət̪/, [ɦɛː.ʋäː.ni.jɐt̪]

Noun

हैवानियत • (haivāniyat) f (Urdu spelling حیوانیت)

1. brutality, savagery
2. animalness, animality

   Synonym: पशुत्व (paśutva)

Declension

Declension of हैवानियत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हैवानियत haivāniyat	हैवानियतें haivāniyatẽ
oblique	हैवानियत haivāniyat	हैवानियतों haivāniyatõ
vocative	हैवानियत haivāniyat	हैवानियतो haivāniyato

See also

• हैवान (haivān)

References

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