मेहनतकश

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मेहनत-कश (mehnat-kaś)

Etymology

A Persianized compound of मेहनत (mehnat, “hard-work, effort”) +‎ कश (kaś, “inhaling, pulling”). The sense "Hufflepuff" is derived from the hard-working [and loyal] nature of those sorted into this house.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /meːɦ.nət̪.kəʃ/, [meːʱ.nɐt̪.kɐʃ]

Adjective

मेहनतकश • (mehnatkaś) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مِحْنَتکَش)

1. hard-working, industrious

Proper noun

मेहनतकश • (mehnatkaś) m

1. Hufflepuff

Declension

Declension of मेहनतकश (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	मेहनतकश mehnatkaś
oblique	मेहनतकश mehnatkaś
vocative	मेहनतकश mehnatkaś

Coordinate terms

• गरुड़द्वार (garuṛadvār, “Gryffindor”)
• नागशक्ति (nāgśakti, “Slytherin”)
• चीलघात (cīlghāt, “Ravenclaw”)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मेहनतकश”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेहनतकश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “मेहनत-कश”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.