ख़ुफ़िया

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُفْيَة (ḵufya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xʊ.fɪ.jɑː/, [xʊ.fi.jäː], /kʰʊ.pʰɪ.jɑː/, [kʰʊ.pʰi.jäː]

Adjective

ख़ुफ़िया • (xufiyā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خفیہ)

1. secret

   Synonym: गुप्त (gupt)

   मैं बहुत मशहूर ख़ुफ़िया एजेंसी के लिए काम करता हूँ।

   ma͠i bahut maśhūr xufiyā ejensī ke lie kām kartā hū̃.

   I work for a very reputed intelligence agency.

   ख़ुफ़िया पुलिस ― xufiyā pulis ― secret police

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ुफ़िया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 240
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खुफिया”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha