वहशत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وحشت (wahšat), from Arabic وَحْشَة (waḥša).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋəɦ.ʃət̪/, [ʋɛʱ.ʃɐt̪]

Noun

वहशत • (vahśat) f (Urdu spelling وحشت)

  1. savagery, wildness, madness
    • 1797 – 1869, Ghalib 18.3:
      माना-ए वहशत-ख़िरामीहा-ए लैला कौन है
      ख़ाना-ए मजनून-ए सहरा-गर्द बे-दरवाज़ा था
      mānā-e vahśat-xirāmīhā-e lailā kaun hai
      xānā-e majnūn-e sahrā-gard be-darvāzā thā
      who is a forbidder of the mad-walkings of Laila?
      the house of Majnun the desert-circler was door-less

Declension

Declension of वहशत (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct वहशत
vahśat 		वहशतें
vahśatẽ
oblique वहशत
vahśat 		वहशतों
vahśatõ
vocative वहशत
vahśat 		वहशतो
vahśato
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