मेहमाननवाज़ी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مهماننوازی (mihmān-nawāzī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /meːɦ.mɑːn.nə.ʋɑː.ziː/, [meːʱ.mä̃ːn.nɐ.ʋäː.ziː], /meːɦ.mɑːn.nə.ʋɑː.d͡ʒiː/, [meːʱ.mä̃ːn.nɐ.ʋäː.d͡ʒiː]
Noun
मेहमाननवाज़ी • (mehmānnavāzī) f (Urdu spelling مہمان نوازی)
- hospitality
- Synonyms: आतिथ्य (ātithya), पहुनाई (pahunāī), मेहमानदारी (mehmāndārī)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मेहमाननवाज़ी mehmānnavāzī |
मेहमाननवाज़ियाँ mehmānnavāziyā̃ |
| oblique | मेहमाननवाज़ी mehmānnavāzī |
मेहमाननवाज़ियों mehmānnavāziyõ |
| vocative | मेहमाननवाज़ी mehmānnavāzī |
मेहमाननवाज़ियो mehmānnavāziyo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेहमान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press