ख़ुश्क

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خُشْک (xušk), from Proto-Iranian *Hhúškah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsúškas. Cognate with Punjabi ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ਕ (xuśak). Doublet of सूखा (sūkhā) and शुष्क (śuṣk).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /xʊʃk/, /kʰʊʃk/

Adjective

ख़ुश्क • (xuśk) (indeclinable)

  1. dry
  2. parched (as land)
  3. dried (as fruit), withered
  4. dry (of manner or subject-matter)

Adverb

ख़ुश्क • (xuśk)

  1. only, merely

Derived terms

  • ख़ुश्कदिमाग़ (xuśkadimāġ)
  • ख़ुश्कदिमाग़ी (xuśkadimāġī)
  • ख़ुश्कसाली (xuśkasālī)
  • ख़ुश्की (xuśkī)
  • दम ख़ुश्क होना (dam xuśk honā)

References

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