परेशान

See also: प्रश्न and परेशानी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پریشان (parēšān). Compare Bengali পেরেশান (pereśan), Punjabi ਪਰੇਸ਼ਾਨ (pareśān).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.ɾeː.ʃɑːn/, [pɐ.ɾeː.ʃä̃ːn]

Adjective

परेशान • (pareśān) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling پریشان)

1. troubled, bothered, harassed, distressed, bewildered

   हम इस लड़के की ढिठाई से परेशान हैं।

   ham is laṛke kī ḍhiṭhāī se pareśān ha͠i.

   We are troubled by this boy's arrogance.

Synonyms

• व्याकुल (vyākul)

Derived terms

• परेशानी (pareśānī)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “परेशान”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “परेशान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “परेशान”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “परेशान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press