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)
References
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “चुनिंदा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चुनिंदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press