ख़ुश्क

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews-
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsúškas
Proto-Iranian *Hhúškah
Classical Persian خُشْک (xušk)bor.
Hindi ख़ुश्क

    Borrowed from Classical Persian خُشْک (xušk), from Proto-Iranian *Hhúškah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsúškas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews- + *-kos. Cognate with Punjabi ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ਕ (xuśk). Doublet of सूखा (sūkhā) and शुष्क (śuṣk).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    ख़ुश्क • (xuśk) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خُشْک)

    1. dry
    2. parched (as land)
    3. dried (as fruit), withered
    4. dry (of manner or subject-matter)

    Adverb

    ख़ुश्क • (xuśk)

    1. only, merely

    Derived terms

    • ख़ुश्कदिमाग़ (xuśkadimāġ)
    • ख़ुश्कदिमाग़ी (xuśkadimāġī)
    • ख़ुश्कसाली (xuśkasālī)
    • ख़ुश्की (xuśkī)
    • दम ख़ुश्क होना (dam xuśk honā)

    References

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