देहाती
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian دهاتی (dihātī). By surface analysis, देहात (dehāt) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]देहाती • (dehātī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دیہاتی)
- rural
- (derogatory) unsophisticated, mannerless
- Synonym: गँवार (gãvār)
- अंग्रेज़ी क्यों बोल रहे हो? यह देहाती औरत है, समझेगी कैसे?।
- aṅgrezī kyõ bol rahe ho? yah dehātī aurat hai, samjhegī kaise?.
- Why are you speaking in English? This is a rural woman, how will she understand?
Noun
[edit]देहाती • (dehātī) m (Urdu spelling دیہاتی)
- a person of rural origin or background; villager
- (derogatory) an unsophisticated person; a mannerless person; yokel
Declension
[edit]Declension of देहाती (masc ī-stem)
Further reading
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “देहाती”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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