चिरंजीव

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिरंजीव (ciraṃjīva), from चिरम् (ciram, “for a long time”) +‎ जीव (jīva, “living”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪ.ɾən.d͡ʒiːʋ/, [t͡ʃɪ.ɾɐ̃n.d͡ʒiːʋ]

Adjective

चिरंजीव • (cirañjīv) (indeclinable)

1. long-lived

   Synonym: दीर्घजीवी (dīrghajīvī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चिरं”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press