दिलकशी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دلکشی (dilkaši, “charm”). Equivalent to दिलकश (dilkaś) +‎ -ई (-ī)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪl.kə.ʃiː/, [d̪ɪl.kɐ.ʃiː]

Noun

दिलकशी • (dilkaśī) f (Urdu spelling دلکشی)

1. attraction, charm

References

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