दुर्मना

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दुर्मनस् (durmanas), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *duẓmánas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dušmánas, from Proto-Indo-European *dusménos. Doublet of दुमन (duman) and दुश्मन (duśman).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d̪ʊɾ.mə.nɑː/, [d̪ʊɾ.mə.n̪äː]

Adjective

दुर्मना • (durmanā) (indeclinable) (rare, formal)

  1. bad-minded, evil
  2. sad, melancholy

References
  • Syamasundara Dasa (1965–1975) , “दुर्मना”, in Hindi Sabdasagara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha.
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