हताश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हताश (hatāśa). By surface analysis, हत (hat, “injured”) +‎ आश (āś, “hope”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.t̪ɑːʃ/, [ɦɐ.t̪äːʃ]

Adjective

हताश • (hatāś) (indeclinable)

1. desperate, despairing

See also

• निराश (nirāś)

References

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