चिरंजीव

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिरंजीव (ciraṃjīva), from चिरम् (ciram, “for a long time”) +‎ जीव (jīva, “living”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪ.ɾən.d͡ʒiːʋ/, [t͡ʃɪ.ɾɐ̃n.d͡ʒiːʋ]

Adjective[edit]

चिरंजीव • (cirañjīv) (indeclinable)

long-lived
Synonym: दीर्घजीवी (dīrghajīvī)

References[edit]

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चिरं”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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