Gigolo in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “gigolo” in Hindi is वह पुरुष जो वृद्ध स्त्री पर आश्रित होता है, pronounced vah puruSh jo vaRaddh stri par Ashrit hota hai — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman
First attested in English in 1922. From French gigolo (“young lover kept by an older woman”), first attested in that sense in 1904 (attested since 1850 in the sense “Amant de cœur, compagnon d'une gigolette", and since 1894 in the sense “elegant young man whose means of livelihood are dubious”), a back-formation from gigolette (“promiscuous dancing girl, girl available for hire as a dancing partner”), attested since 1850, from giguer (“to dance”), from gigue (“fiddle; type of dance; jig”). More at jig.
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