निधुवन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निधुवन (nidhuvana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɪ.d̪ʱʊ.ʋən/, [nɪ.d̪ʱʊ.ʋɐ̃n]

Noun

निधुवन • (nidhuvan) m (Urdu spelling نِدھُوَن)

1. sexual intercourse

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:संभोग

2. (regional) amusement, diversion

Declension

Declension of निधुवन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	निधुवन nidhuvan	निधुवन nidhuvan
oblique	निधुवन nidhuvan	निधुवनों nidhuvanõ
vocative	निधुवन nidhuvan	निधुवनो nidhuvano

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “निधुवन”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]

Sanskrit

Etymology

नि- (ni-) +‎ धुवन (dhuvana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ni.dʱu.ʋɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪i.d̪ʱu.ʋɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

निधुवन • (nidhuvana) stem, ?

1. copulation

Descendants

• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: निधुवन (nidhuvan)

  Urdu: نِدھُوَن (nidhuvan)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “निधुवन”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]