हुनर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هنر (hunar), from Middle Persian. Compare Punjabi ਹੁਨਰ (hunar) / ہُنَر (hunar), Sindhi هُنَرُ / हुनरु, Gujarati હુન્નર (hunnar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦʊ.nəɾ/, [ɦʊ.nɐɾ]

Noun

हुनर • (hunar) m (Urdu spelling ہُنَر)

1. art, skill, talent, merit

Declension

Declension of हुनर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हुनर hunar	हुनर hunar
oblique	हुनर hunar	हुनरों hunarõ
vocative	हुनर hunar	हुनरो hunaro

Derived terms

• हुनरमंद (hunarmand)

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “हुनर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “हुनर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हुनर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हुनर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “हुनर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.