क़ातिलाना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَاتِل‎ (qātil, “killing”). Synchronically analysable as क़ातिल (qātil) +‎ -आना (-ānā).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /qɑː.t̪ɪ.lɑː.nɑː/, [qäː.t̪ɪ.l̪äː.n̪äː], /kɑː.t̪ɪ.lɑː.nɑː/, [käː.t̪ɪ.l̪äː.n̪äː]

Adjective

क़ातिलाना • (qātilānā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling قاتلانا‎)

  1. murderous, homicidal
  2. (figurative) lethal, deadly, killing
    ये दिल क़ातिलाना! ― ye dil qātilānā! ― This deadly heart!
  3. (figuratively) devastatingly attractive
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