सुनहरा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• सुनहला (sunahlā)

Etymology

Cognate to Punjabi ਸੁਨਹਿਰਾ (sunhirā) / سُنْہِرا (sunhirā), Sindhi سونَهريِ / सोंनहरी, Gujarati સોનેરી (sonerī), Marathi सोनेरी (sonerī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sʊ.nəɦ.ɾɑː/, [sʊ.nɛʱ.ɾäː]

Adjective

सुनहरा • (sunahrā) (Urdu spelling سُنَہْرَا)

1. golden

   सूरज उगने वाला है, आसमान सुनहरा हो रहा है।

   sūraj ugne vālā hai, āsmān sunahrā ho rahā hai.

   The sun is about to rise, the sky is becoming golden.

   सुनहरा मौक़ा/अवसर ― sunahrā mauqā/avsar ― golden opportunity

2. blonde

   सुनहरे बाल ― sunahre bāl ― blonde hair

Declension

Declension of सुनहरा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	सुनहरा sunahrā	सुनहरे sunahre	सुनहरी sunahrī	सुनहरी sunahrī
oblique	सुनहरे sunahre	सुनहरे sunahre	सुनहरी sunahrī	सुनहरी sunahrī
vocative	सुनहरे sunahre	सुनहरे sunahre	सुनहरी sunahrī	सुनहरी sunahrī

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “सुनहरा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सुनहरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*suvarṇadhara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press