ਹਿਰਸੀ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حرصی (hirsî), from Arabic حِرْص (ḥirṣ, “craving”).

Adjective

ਹਿਰਸੀ • (hirsī) (Shahmukhi spelling حرصی)

  1. desirous, covetous, avaricious, greedy, avid
  2. lecherous, lascivious

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ਹਿਰਸੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਹਿਰਸੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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