तौहीन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tawhīn), from Arabic تَوْهِين (tawhīn), verbal noun of وَهَّنَ (wahhana, “to debilitate, to dishearten”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɔː.ɦiːn/, [t̪ɔː.ɦĩːn]

Noun

तौहीन • (tauhīn) f (Urdu spelling توہین)

insult, dishonor
- Ibrat Siddiqui
  ख़ुद-कुशी जुर्म भी है सब्र की तौहीन भी है
  इस लिए इश्क़ में मर मर के जिया जाता है
  xud-kuśī jurm bhī hai sabra kī tauhīn bhī hai
  is lie iśq mẽ mar mar ke jiyā jātā hai
  Suicide is a crime, as well as an insult to patience
  that is why I keep on living, dying in love
Synonyms: बेइज़्ज़ती (beizzatī), अपमान (apmān)

Declension

Declension of *तौहीन* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	तौहीन tauhīn	तौहीनें tauhīnẽ
oblique	तौहीन tauhīn	तौहीनों tauhīnõ
vocative	तौहीन tauhīn	तौहीनो tauhīno