ख़ातिरदारी

Hindi

Etymology

From ख़ातिर (xātir) +‎ -दारी (-dārī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /xɑː.t̪ɪɾ.d̪ɑː.ɾiː/, [xäː.t̪ɪɾ.d̪äː.ɾiː], /kʰɑː.t̪ɪɾ.d̪ɑː.ɾiː/, [kʰäː.t̪ɪɾ.d̪äː.ɾiː]

Noun

ख़ातिरदारी • (xātirdārī) f (Urdu spelling خاطرداری)

entertainment, hospitality

Declension

Declension of *ख़ातिरदारी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	ख़ातिरदारी xātirdārī	ख़ातिरदारियाँ xātirdāriyā̃
oblique	ख़ातिरदारी xātirdārī	ख़ातिरदारियों xātirdāriyõ
vocative	ख़ातिरदारी xātirdārī	ख़ातिरदारियो xātirdāriyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ख़ातिर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press