छुईमुई

Hindi

Alternative forms

• छुई-मुई (chuī-muī), छुई मुई (chuī muī)
• छूईमूई (chūīmūī), छूई-मूई (chūī-mūī), छूई मूई (chūī mūī) — less common

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰʊ.iː.mʊ.iː/

Noun

छुईमुई • (chuīmuī) f

1. touch-me-not, the sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)

   Synonyms: लाजवंती (lājvantī), लज्जालु (lajjālu)

2. (colloquial) an irritable, delicate or oversensitive person
3. (colloquial) a delicate or frail thing

Declension

Declension of छुईमुई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	छुईमुई chuīmuī	छुईमुइयाँ chuīmuiyā̃
oblique	छुईमुई chuīmuī	छुईमुइयों chuīmuiyõ
vocative	छुईमुई chuīmuī	छुईमुइयो chuīmuiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “छुई-मुई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “छुईमुई”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House