दहशत

Borrowed from Classical Persian دهشت (dahšat), from Arabic دَهْشَة (dahša). Compare Punjabi ਦਹਸ਼ਤ (dahśat) / دہشت (dhśt), Gujarati દહેશત (daheśat).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪əɦ.ʃət̪/, [d̪ɛʱ.ʃɐt̪]

दहशत • (dahśat) f (Urdu spelling دہشت)

1. terror, fear
2. intimidation, terrorism

• दहशतगर्दी (dahśatgardī)
• दहशतंगेज़ (dahaśtaṅgez)

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

Borrowed from Classical Persian دهشت (dahšat), from Arabic دَهْشَة (dahša).

• IPA^(key): /d̪əɦ.ɕət̪/, [d̪ə.ɕət̪]
• Hyphenation: दह‧शत
• Rhymes: -ət̪

दहशत • (dahśat) f

1. terror, extreme dread

   Synonym: धडकी (dhaḍkī)

2. (rare) fear, fright

   Synonyms: भीती (bhītī), भय (bhay)

• दहशतवाद (dahśatvād)
• दहशतवादी (dahśatvādī)

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “दहशत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “दहशत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “दहशत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)