मेहनतकश
Hindi
Alternative forms
- मेहनत-कश (mehnat-kaś)
Etymology
A Persianized compound of मेहनत (mehnat, “hard-work, effort”) + कश (kaś, “inhaling, pulling”). The sense "Hufflepuff" is derived from the hard-working [and loyal] nature of those sorted into this house.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /meːɦ.nət̪.kəʃ/, [meːʱ.nɐt̪.kɐʃ]
Adjective
मेहनतकश • (mehnatkaś) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مِحْنَتکَش)
Proper noun
मेहनतकश • (mehnatkaś) m
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | मेहनतकश mehnatkaś |
| oblique | मेहनतकश mehnatkaś |
| vocative | मेहनतकश mehnatkaś |
Coordinate terms
- गरुड़द्वार (garuṛadvār, “Gryffindor”)
- नागशक्ति (nāgśakti, “Slytherin”)
- चीलघात (cīlghāt, “Ravenclaw”)
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मेहनतकश”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेहनतकश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “मेहनत-कश”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.