ख़ुदकुशी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• ख़ुद-कुशी (xud-kuśī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خودکشی (xwadkušī). By surface analysis, ख़ुद (xud, “self”) +‎ कुशी (kuśī, “killing”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xʊd̪.kʊ.ʃiː/, /kʰʊd̪.kʊ.ʃiː/

Noun

ख़ुदकुशी • (xudkuśī) f (Urdu spelling خودکُشی)

1. (less common) suicide

   Synonym: आत्महत्या (ātmahatyā)

   ख़ुदकुशी करना ― xudkuśī karnā ― to suicide

Declension

Declension of ख़ुदकुशी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ुदकुशी xudkuśī	ख़ुदकुशियाँ xudkuśiyā̃
oblique	ख़ुदकुशी xudkuśī	ख़ुदकुशियों xudkuśiyõ
vocative	ख़ुदकुशी xudkuśī	ख़ुदकुशियो xudkuśiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ुद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खुदकुशी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “खुदकुशी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa, Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “खुदकुशी”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश, Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ḳḥud”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• “ख़ुद-कुशी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.