हेर-फेर

Hindi

Etymology

Reduplication of फेर (pher, “wandering, going in circles”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦeːɾ.pʰeːɾ/

Noun

हेर-फेर • (her-pher) m (Urdu spelling ہیر پھیر)

  1. confusion, tumult, chaos; a cause of confusion
  2. exchange; tinkering, messing around with
    Synonyms: अदल-बदल (adal-badal), अदला-बदली (adlā-badlī)

Declension

Declension of हेर-फेर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct हेर-फेर
her-pher 		हेर-फेर
her-pher
oblique हेर-फेर
her-pher 		हेर-फेरों
her-pherõ
vocative हेर-फेर
her-pher 		हेर-फेरो
her-phero

See also

References

  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हेर-फेर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Hardev Bahri (2013) “हेर-फेर”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN
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