क्रिसमस

Hindi

Alternative forms

• क्रिस्मस (krismas)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Christmas.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɾɪs.məs/, [kɾɪs.mɐs]

Proper noun

क्रिसमस • (krismas) m (Urdu spelling کرسمس)

1. Christmas (festival observed on December 25 commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ)

   Synonym: बड़ा दिन (baṛā din)

   क्रिसमस और नया वर्ष शुभकामनाएँ

   krismas aur nayā varṣ śubhkāmnāẽ

   Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

   • 2009, Rajeshwari Shandilya, Bharatiya Parva Evam Tyohar, Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, page 179:

     आज विश्व में ईसाई धर्म में विश्वास रखनेवाले असंख्य लोग हैं और प्रभु जीसस के जन्मदिन को 'क्रिसमस' के रूप में मनाते हैं। भारत में इसे 'बड़ा दिन' भी कहा जाता है।

     āj viśva mẽ īsāī dharm mẽ viśvās rakhnevāle asaṅkhya log ha͠i aur prabhu jīsas ke janmadin ko 'krismas' ke rūp mẽ manāte ha͠i. bhārat mẽ ise 'baṛā din' bhī kahā jātā hai.

     There are innumerable believers of Christianity in the world today and they celebrate the birthday of Lord Jesus as 'Christmas'. In India, it is also called 'big day'.

Declension

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References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बड़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बड़ादिन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “क्रिसमस”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “Christmas”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “क्रिसमस”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• “क्रिसमस”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• “[1]”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کرسمس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “baṛā”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

2=बड़ा Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.S. W. Fallon (1879) “क्रिसमस”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.