घमासान

Hindi

Alternative forms

• घमसान (ghamsān)

Etymology

Cognate to Gujarati ઘમસાણ (ghamsāṇ), Marathi घमशान (ghamśān).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱə.mɑː.sɑːn/, [ɡʱɐ.mäː.sä̃ːn]

Noun

घमासान • (ghamāsān) m

1. fierce battle, bloody fight

   महायुद्ध में मैं बहुत भयानक घमासानों में लड़ा था।

   mahāyuddh mẽ ma͠i bahut bhayānak ghamāsānõ mẽ laṛā thā.

   In the Great War I fought in very gruesome battles.

Declension

Declension of घमासान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	घमासान ghamāsān	घमासान ghamāsān
oblique	घमासान ghamāsān	घमासानों ghamāsānõ
vocative	घमासान ghamāsān	घमासानो ghamāsāno

Adjective

घमासान • (ghamāsān) (indeclinable)

1. bloody, fierce

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “घमासान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 283