ख़ुशनवीसी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خُوشنَوِیسی (xʷušnawīsī). By surface analysis, ख़ुश (xuś) +‎ नवीस (navīs) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xʊʃ.nə.ʋiː.siː/, [xʊʃ.nɐ.ʋiː.siː], /kʰʊʃ.nə.ʋiː.siː/, [kʰʊʃ.nɐ.ʋiː.siː]

Noun

ख़ुशनवीसी • (xuśnavīsī) f (Urdu spelling خُوشنَوِیسی)

1. calligraphy

   Synonym: (formal) सुलेखन (sulekhan)

Declension

Declension of ख़ुशनवीसी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ुशनवीसी xuśnavīsī	ख़ुशनवीसियाँ xuśnavīsiyā̃
oblique	ख़ुशनवीसी xuśnavīsī	ख़ुशनवीसियों xuśnavīsiyõ
vocative	ख़ुशनवीसी xuśnavīsī	ख़ुशनवीसियो xuśnavīsiyo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खुशनवीसी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “ख़ुश-नवीसी”, in Rekhta Urdu Dictionary (in Urdu), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025