फाँसी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• फांसी (phānsī)

Etymology

Feminine of फाँस (phā̃s), from Sauraseni Prakrit.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pʰɑ̃ː.siː/, [pʰä̃ː.siː]

Noun

फाँसी • (phā̃si) f (Urdu spelling پھانسی)

1. hanging, death by hanging

   फाँसी लगाना ― phā̃sī lagānā ― to hang oneself

   अपराधी की फाँसी आजकल के ज़माने में नहीं होनी चाहिए।

   aprādhī kī phā̃sī ājkal ke zamāne mẽ nahī̃ honī cāhie.

   The hanging of criminals should not be done in modern times.

2. a noose

Declension

Declension of फाँसी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फाँसी phā̃sī	फाँसियाँ phā̃siyā̃
oblique	फाँसी phā̃sī	फाँसियों phā̃siyõ
vocative	फाँसी phā̃sī	फाँसियो phā̃siyo

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਫਾਂਸੀ (phā̃sī)

  Shahmukhi script: پھانسی (phā̃sī)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “spāśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 798