Laggard in Hindi
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The meaning of “laggard” in Hindi is फिसड्डी, pronounced sust — 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.
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan, whence Punjabi ਫਿਸੱਡੀ (phisaḍḍī). Probably, further from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲 (*phissa, “defective”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟𑁆𑀟- (-ḍḍa-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Compare Nepali फिस्स (phissa, “easily torn”), Gujarati ફીસું (phīsũ, “easily torn”).
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