एहसान
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian احسان (ihsān), from Arabic إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān). Compare Bengali এহসান (ehośan).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /əɦ.sɑːn/, [ɛʱ.sä̃ːn]
Noun
एहसान • (ehsān) m (Urdu spelling احسان)
- favour; gift
- यार तूने मेरे लिए बहुत एहसान किया है।
- yār tūne mere lie bahut ehsān kiyā hai.
- You have done a great favour for me my friend.
- (less common) kindness
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | एहसान ehsān |
एहसान ehsān |
| oblique | एहसान ehsān |
एहसानों ehsānõ |
| vocative | एहसान ehsān |
एहसानो ehsāno |
Derived terms
- एहसान करना (ehsān karnā, “to do a favour”)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “एहसान”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “एहसान”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “एहसान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “एहसान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press