धौंस

Hindi

Etymology

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Sanskrit धर्षा (dharṣā)?

Sanskrit दंश (daṃśa)?

Hindi धौंस (dha͠us)

Uncertain.

• Per Platts, inherited from Sanskrit धर्षा (dharṣā, “deception”), from धृष् (dhṛṣ). This is the most likely explanation, with the nasalisation caused by -r- (compare आँच (ā̃c)).
• Per Dasa, inherited from Sanskrit दंश (daṃśa, “bite”), but this is phonologically difficult due to the vowel.

Compare झाँसा (jhā̃sā, “deception, cunning”) and its variant झौंसा (jha͠usā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɔ̃ːs/

Noun

धौंस • (dha͠us) f

1. imperiousness, arrogance, overbearing behaviour
2. blackmail

   Synonym: धमकी (dhamkī)

Declension

Declension of धौंस (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	धौंस dha͠us	धौंसें dha͠usẽ
oblique	धौंस dha͠us	धौंसों dha͠usõ
vocative	धौंस dha͠us	धौंसो dha͠uso

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “धौंस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “धौँस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “धौंस”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.