कोशिश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کوشش (kōšiš). Compare Punjabi ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ (kośiś) / کوشِش (kośiś), Gujarati કોશિશ (kośiś), Marathi कोशीस (kośīs).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /koː.ʃɪʃ/

Noun

कोशिश • (kośiś) f (Urdu spelling کوشش)

1. effort, try

   Synonyms: प्रयास (prayās), प्रयत्न (prayatna), जतन (jatan)

2. attempt

Declension

Declension of कोशिश (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कोशिश kośiś	कोशिशें kośiśẽ
oblique	कोशिश kośiś	कोशिशों kośiśõ
vocative	कोशिश kośiś	कोशिशो kośiśo

Derived terms

• कोशिश करना (kośiś karnā)

Nepali

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kawš-

Proto-Iranian *kawš-der.

Middle Persian [script needed] (kwhš-ytn' /⁠kōxšīdan⁠/)

Classical Persian کوشیدن (kušidan)

Classical Persian ـش (-eš)

Classical Persian کوشِش (kōšiš)bor.

Hindi कोशिश (kośiś)bor.

Nepali कोशिश

Borrowed from Hindi कोशिश (kośiś), borrowed from Classical Persian کوشِش (kōšiš), from کوشیدن (kušidan, “to try, strive, endeavor”) + ـش (-eš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kosis]
• Phonetic Devanagari: कोसिस्

Noun

कोशिश • (kośiś)

1. effort, attempt