रूखापन

Hindi

Etymology

From रूखा (rūkhā, “harsh, dry, rough”) + -पन (-pan, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾuː.kʰɑː.pən/, [ɾuː.kʰäː.pɐ̃n]

Noun

रूखापन • (rūkhāpan) m

roughness, dryness, harshness, abruptness, rudeness
Synonyms: कठोरता (kaṭhortā), निष्ठुरता (niṣṭhurtā), शुष्कता (śuṣkatā)

Antonyms: कोमलता (komaltā), मृदुता (mŕdutā)

Declension

Declension of *रूखापन* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	रूखापन rūkhāpan	रूखापन rūkhāpan
oblique	रूखापन rūkhāpan	रूखापनों rūkhāpanõ
vocative	रूखापन rūkhāpan	रूखापनो rūkhāpano

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “रूखापन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4196
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रूखापन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 868