बेतहाशा

Hindi

Etymology

Derived from Classical Persian تَحَاشَى, from Arabic تَحَاشَى (taḥāšā, “to avoid”), with the prefix बे- (be-).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /beː.t̪ə.ɦɑː.ʃɑː/, [beː.t̪ɐ.ɦäː.ʃäː]

Adverb

बेतहाशा • (betahāśā) (Urdu spelling بے تحاشا)

1. wildly, crazily; thoughtlessly

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बेतहाशा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “बेतहाशा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.