खाँसी

See also: ख़ास and खुसी

Hindi

Etymology

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From Sanskrit कासिका (kāsikā), from कास् (kās, “to cough”), whence Hindi खाँसना (khā̃snā, “to cough”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰɑ̃ː.siː/, [kʰä̃ː.siː]

Noun

खाँसी • (khā̃sī) f

1. a cough
2. coughing

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खाँसी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 230