चुनिंदा

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • चुनिन्दा (cunindā)

Etymology

From चुनना (cunnā), influenced by Classical Persian چِنِیدَه (činīda), چِینِنْدَه (čīninda), from the verb چِیدَن (čīdan), ultimately from the same Indo-Iranian root.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʊ.nɪn.d̪ɑː/, [t͡ʃʊ.nɪ̃n̪.d̪äː]

Adjective

चुनिंदा • (cunindā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling چُنِنْدَہ)

  1. chosen, selected
    Synonym: चुना हुआ (cunā huā)

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