منحوس
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ن ح س (n ḥ s) |
| 4 terms |
Etymology
Derived from the passive participle of the verb نَحَسَ (naḥasa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man.ħuːs/
- Rhymes: -uːs
Adjective
مَنْحُوس • (manḥūs) (masculine plural مَنْحُوسُونَ (manḥūsūna) or مَنَاحِيس (manāḥīs))
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | مَنْحُوس manḥūs |
الْمَنْحُوس al-manḥūs |
مَنْحُوسَة manḥūsa |
الْمَنْحُوسَة al-manḥūsa |
| nominative | مَنْحُوسٌ manḥūsun |
الْمَنْحُوسُ al-manḥūsu |
مَنْحُوسَةٌ manḥūsatun |
الْمَنْحُوسَةُ al-manḥūsatu |
| accusative | مَنْحُوسًا manḥūsan |
الْمَنْحُوسَ al-manḥūsa |
مَنْحُوسَةً manḥūsatan |
الْمَنْحُوسَةَ al-manḥūsata |
| genitive | مَنْحُوسٍ manḥūsin |
الْمَنْحُوسِ al-manḥūsi |
مَنْحُوسَةٍ manḥūsatin |
الْمَنْحُوسَةِ al-manḥūsati |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | مَنْحُوسَيْن manḥūsayn |
الْمَنْحُوسَيْن al-manḥūsayn |
مَنْحُوسَتَيْن manḥūsatayn |
الْمَنْحُوسَتَيْن al-manḥūsatayn |
| nominative | مَنْحُوسَانِ manḥūsāni |
الْمَنْحُوسَانِ al-manḥūsāni |
مَنْحُوسَتَانِ manḥūsatāni |
الْمَنْحُوسَتَانِ al-manḥūsatāni |
| accusative | مَنْحُوسَيْنِ manḥūsayni |
الْمَنْحُوسَيْنِ al-manḥūsayni |
مَنْحُوسَتَيْنِ manḥūsatayni |
الْمَنْحُوسَتَيْنِ al-manḥūsatayni |
| genitive | مَنْحُوسَيْنِ manḥūsayni |
الْمَنْحُوسَيْنِ al-manḥūsayni |
مَنْحُوسَتَيْنِ manḥūsatayni |
الْمَنْحُوسَتَيْنِ al-manḥūsatayni |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural; basic broken plural diptote |
sound feminine plural | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | مَنْحُوسِين; مَشَائِيم manḥūsīn; mašāʔīm |
الْمَنْحُوسِين; الْمَشَائِيم al-manḥūsīn; al-mašāʔīm |
مَنْحُوسَات manḥūsāt |
الْمَنْحُوسَات al-manḥūsāt |
| nominative | مَنْحُوسُونَ; مَشَائِيمُ manḥūsūna; mašāʔīmu |
الْمَنْحُوسُونَ; الْمَشَائِيمُ al-manḥūsūna; al-mašāʔīmu |
مَنْحُوسَاتٌ manḥūsātun |
الْمَنْحُوسَاتُ al-manḥūsātu |
| accusative | مَنْحُوسِينَ; مَشَائِيمَ manḥūsīna; mašāʔīma |
الْمَنْحُوسِينَ; الْمَشَائِيمَ al-manḥūsīna; al-mašāʔīma |
مَنْحُوسَاتٍ manḥūsātin |
الْمَنْحُوسَاتِ al-manḥūsāti |
| genitive | مَنْحُوسِينَ; مَشَائِيمَ manḥūsīna; mašāʔīma |
الْمَنْحُوسِينَ; الْمَشَائِيمِ al-manḥūsīna; al-mašāʔīmi |
مَنْحُوسَاتٍ manḥūsātin |
الْمَنْحُوسَاتِ al-manḥūsāti |
Synonyms
- مَشْؤُوم (mašʔūm), فَاجِع (fājiʕ)
Descendants
- → Italian: Mancuso
- → Urdu: منحوس (manhūs)
- → Hindi: मनहूस (manhūs)
- → Ottoman Turkish: منحوس (menhûs)
- > Turkish: menhus (inherited)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَنْحُوس (manhūs), from Arabic مَنْحُوس (manḥūs).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mən.ɦuːs/
- Rhymes: -uːs
Adjective
مَنْحُوس • (manhūs) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मनहूस)
Derived terms
- مَنْحُوس گَھڑی (manhūs ghaṛī, “bad or unlucky time”)
- مَنْحُوسِیَت (manhūsiyat)
- مَنْحُوسِیَت پَن (manhūsiyat pan)
- مَنْحُوسی (manhūsī, “having a bad omen”)
Related terms
- نَحُوسَت (nahūsat)
Further reading
- “منحوس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “منحوس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “منحوس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “منحوس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “منحوس”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1121
- John Shakespear (1834) “منحوس”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC