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वहशत

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian وحشت (wahšat), from Arabic وَحْشَة (waḥša).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋəɦ.ʃət̪/, [ʋɛʱ.ʃɐt̪]

Noun

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वहशत (vahśatf (Urdu spelling وحشت)

  1. savagery, wildness, madness
    • 1797 – 1869, Ghalib 18.3:
      माना-ए वहशत-ख़िरामीहा-ए लैला कौन है
      ख़ाना-ए मजनून-ए सहरा-गर्द बे-दरवाज़ा था
      mānā-e vahśat-xirāmīhā-e lailā kaun hai
      xānā-e majnūn-e sahrā-gard be-darvāzā thā
      who is a forbidder of the mad-walkings of Laila?
      the house of Majnun the desert-circler was door-less

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