खाँसी
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit कासिका (kāsikā) (with initial onomatopoeic aspiration), from कासते (kāsate, “to cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”). Compare खाँसना (khā̃snā).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
खाँसी • (khā̃sī) f (Urdu spelling کھانسی)
Declension[edit]
Declension of खाँसी (fem ī-stem)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खाँसी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 230
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kā́sā-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press