گھناؤنا

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit घृणा (ghṛṇā). Related to گِھن (ghin). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡʱɪ.nɑː.oː.nɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: گِھ‧نَو‧نا

Adjective

گِھناؤنا • (ghināonā) (Hindi spelling घिनाओना)

  1. disgusting, loathsome

Declension

Declension of گھناؤنا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct گِھناؤنا (ghināonā) گِھناؤنے (ghināone) گِھناؤنی (ghināonī) گِھناؤنی (ghināonī)
indirect گِھناؤنے (ghināone) گِھناؤنے (ghināone) گِھناؤنی (ghināonī) گِھناؤنی (ghināonī)

Further reading

  • گھناؤنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • گھناؤنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گهناؤنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 536
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “گهناونا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 937