दक़ियानूसी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دقیانوسی (daqiyânusi)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.qɪ.jɑː.nuː.siː/, [d̪ɐ.qi.jäː.nuː.siː], /d̪ə.kɪ.jɑː.nuː.siː/, [d̪ɐ.ki.jäː.nuː.siː]

Adjective

दक़ियानूसी • (daqiyānūsī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دقیانوسی)

1. (derogatory) old-fashioned, conservative

Related terms

• दक़ियानूस (daqiyānūs, “an old-fashioned person”)

References

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