Stinking in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “stinking” in Hindi is बुरा, pronounced bura — it is a adjective. 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.
offensively malodorous
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Proto-New Indo-Aryan *बुर (bura)
Hindi बुरा
Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *बुर (bura, “defective”), with further etymology unknown. Cognate with Punjabi ਬੁਰਾ (burā, “bad”), Sindhi بُرو (buro, “bad, wicked; noseless”), Nepali बुरो (buro, “wicked”), Odia ବୁରା (burā, “bad”), Marathi बुरा (burā, “bad”), Gujarati બૂરું (būrũ, “bad”). Some of these may be loans from Hindi.
According to Platts, from Sanskrit अवर (avara), and thus a doublet of अवर (avar). However, this is phonologically difficult and thus unlikely; the expected descendant of that term is अबर (abar).
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Proto-New Indo-Aryan *बुर (bura)
Hindi बुरा
Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *बुर (bura, “defective”), with further etymology unknown. Cognate with Punjabi ਬੁਰਾ (burā, “bad”), Sindhi بُرو (buro, “bad, wicked; noseless”), Nepali बुरो (buro, “wicked”), Odia ବୁରା (burā, “bad”), Marathi बुरा (burā, “bad”), Gujarati બૂરું (būrũ, “bad”). Some of these may be loans from Hindi.
According to Platts, from Sanskrit अवर (avara), and thus a doublet of अवर (avar). However, this is phonologically difficult and thus unlikely; the expected descendant of that term is अबर (abar).
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