जिस्मानी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jismâni, “bodily”), from Arabic جِسْمَانِيّ (jismāniyy, “bodily, physical”). By surface analysis, जिस्म (jisma) +‎ -आनी (-ānī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪs.mɑː.niː/, [d͡ʒɪs.mäː.niː]

Adjective

जिस्मानी • (jismānī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling جسمانی)

having to do with the body, bodily, physical

Derived terms

जिस्मानी सज़ा (jismānī sazā, “corporal punishment”)
जिस्मानी मेहनत (jismānī mehnat, “manual labor, physical effort”)

References

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

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