तल्ख़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تلخی (talxī). By surface analysis, तल्ख़ (talx) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪əl.xiː/, [t̪ɐl.xiː], /t̪əl.kʰiː/, [t̪ɐl.kʰiː]

Noun

तल्ख़ी • (talxī) f (Urdu spelling تلخی)

1. bitterness, acrimony

   Synonym: कड़वापन (kaṛvāpan)

Declension

Declension of तल्ख़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तल्ख़ी talxī	तल्ख़ियाँ talxiyā̃
oblique	तल्ख़ी talxī	तल्ख़ियों talxiyõ
vocative	तल्ख़ी talxī	तल्ख़ियो talxiyo

References

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