Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَخَلُّص (taḵalluṣ), from the root خ ل ص (ḵ l ṣ, “related to making pure”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ə.xəl.lʊs/, [t̪ɐ.xɐl.lʊs], /t̪ə.kʰəl.lʊs/, [t̪ɐ.kʰɐl.lʊs]
Noun
तख़ल्लुस • (taxallus) m (Urdu spelling تخلص)
- pseudonym, especially as used by Urdu and Persian poets
- Hypernym: उपनाम (upnām)
Declension
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