अनशन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit अनशन (anaśana). By surface analysis, अन्- (an-, negative suffix) +‎ अशन (aśan, “food”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ən.ʃən/, [ɐ̃ɲ.ʃɐ̃n]
• Hyphenation: अन‧शन

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• Rhymes: -ən

Noun

अनशन • (anśan) m

1. hunger strike

   Synonym: भूख-हड़ताल (bhūkh-haṛtāl)

2. fasting, abstinence from food

Declension

Declension of अनशन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अनशन anśan	अनशन anśan
oblique	अनशन anśan	अनशनों anśanõ
vocative	अनशन anśan	अनशनो anśano

Derived terms

• अनशनकारी (anśankārī)

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “अनशन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 14.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “अनशन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 23
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अनशन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 194
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अनशन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 31
• Platts, John T. (1884) “अनशन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.