शराबख़ोर

Hindi

Etymology

शराब (śarāb, “alcohol”) +‎ -ख़ोर (-xor)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɾɑːb.xoːɾ/, [ʃɐ.ɾäːb.xoːɾ], /ʃə.ɾɑːb.kʰoːɾ/, [ʃɐ.ɾäːb.kʰoːɾ]

Noun

शराबख़ोर • (śarābxor) m

1. a heavy drinker; alcoholic

Declension

Declension of शराबख़ोर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शराबख़ोर śarābxor	शराबख़ोर śarābxor
oblique	शराबख़ोर śarābxor	शराबख़ोरों śarābxorõ
vocative	शराबख़ोर śarābxor	शराबख़ोरो śarābxoro

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शराबखोर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शराब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press