خودکشی

Persian

Etymology

From خود (xod, “self”) +‎ کش (koš, “kill”) +‎ ـی (i, “-ing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xʷað.ku.ʃiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊd̪.kʰʊ.ʃiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊd̪.kʰʊ.ʃiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊd̪.kʰʊ.ʃiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xud̪.kʰu.ʃi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xod̪.kʰo.ʃiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χud̪.kʰu.ʃi]

Readings
Classical reading?	xwaḏkušī
Dari reading?	xudkušī
Iranian reading?	xodkoši
Tajik reading?	xudkuši

Noun

Dari	خودکشی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	худкушӣ

خودکشی • (xod-koši)

1. suicide
2. attempted suicide

Synonyms

• انتحار (entehâr) (formal)

Derived terms

• خودکشی کردن (xod-koši kardan)
• خودکشی از ترس مرگ (xod-koši az tars-e marg)

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ੁਦਕੁਸ਼ੀ (xudkuśī)

  Shahmukhi script: خودکشی (xudkuśī)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خودکشی (xwadkušī). Equivalent to خود (xod, “self”) +‎ کُشی (kuśī, “killing”), or خودکش (xudkuś) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xʊd̪.kʊ.ʃiː/
• (common, Feminine) IPA^(key): /xʊd̪.kə.ʃiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

خود کُشی • (xudkuśī) f (Hindi spelling ख़ुदकुशी)

1. suicide

   خودکشی کرنا گناۂ عظیم ہے ― xudkuśī karnā gunāh-e-azīm hai ― To commit suicide is a great sin.

Related terms

• خودکش (xudkuś, “suicidal”)
• خودکشی کرنا (xudkuśī karnā, “commit suicide”)

References

• “خودکشی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “خودکشی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.