त्रासदी

Hindi

Etymology

Coined from New Sanskrit त्रासद (trāsada, “tragic, saddening”, adjective) +‎ -ई (-ī, feminine suffix), with influence from English tragedy.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɾɑːs.d̪iː/, [t̪ɾäːs.d̪iː]

Noun

त्रासदी • (trāsdī) f

1. tragedy

   यहाँ बहुत गंभीर त्रासदी हुई है।

   yahā̃ bahut gambhīr trāsdī huī hai.

   A very serious tragedy has occurred here.

Declension

Declension of त्रासदी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	त्रासदी trāsdī	त्रासदियाँ trāsdiyā̃
oblique	त्रासदी trāsdī	त्रासदियों trāsdiyõ
vocative	त्रासदी trāsdī	त्रासदियो trāsdiyo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “त्रासदी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “त्रासदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press