टशन

Hindi

Etymology

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Particularly: “See this discussion, it is listed infrequently in dictionaries and the now-common slang meaning appears to be rarely mentioned. Possibly a borrowing from Punjabi or a slang-alteration of Hindustani ٹَسَن (ṭasan) / टसन (ṭasan, “bursting”)”

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʈə.ʃən/, [ʈɐ.ʃɐ̃n]

Noun

टशन • (ṭaśan) m

(uncommon) a favourable superstitious act or remedy
(slang) style, attitude
टशन दिखाना ― ṭaśan dikhānā ― to flaunt one's style
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Declension

Declension of टशन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	टशन ṭaśan	टशन ṭaśan
oblique	टशन ṭaśan	टशनों ṭaśanõ
vocative	टशन ṭaśan	टशनो ṭaśano

References

Platts, John T. (1884) “ٿسن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “टशन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
https://archive.org/details/awwaleenurduslanglughat/page/n91/mode/2up, Page 92