ਹਿਰਸੀ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حرصی (hirsî), from Arabic حِرْص (ḥirṣ, “craving”).

Adjective

ਹਿਰਸੀ • (hirsī) (Shahmukhi spelling حرصی)

1. desirous, covetous, avaricious, greedy, avid
2. lecherous, lascivious

Derived terms

• ਹਿਰਸੀ ਟੱਟੂ m (hirsī ṭaṭṭū, “lecher”)

Related terms

• ਹਿਰਸ f (hiras, “desire”)

Further reading

• “ਹਿਰਸੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਹਿਰਸੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.