सनसनी

Hindi

Etymology

Reduplication of सन (san).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sən.sə.niː/, [sɐ̃n.sɐ.niː]

Noun

सनसनी • (sansanī) f (Urdu spelling سنسنی)

1. tingling, feeling of apprehension

   हमारे हथियार देखकर शत्रु की सेना में सनसनी फैल गई।

   hamāre hathiyār dekhkar śatru kī senā mẽ sansanī phail gaī.

   Seeing the weapons, the enemy army had a feeling of apprehension.

Declension

Declension of सनसनी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सनसनी sansanī	सनसनियाँ sansaniyā̃
oblique	सनसनी sansanī	सनसनियों sansaniyõ
vocative	सनसनी sansanī	सनसनियो sansaniyo

Derived terms

• सनसनीख़ेज़ (sansanīxez)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सनसनी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press