बख़ील
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian بخیل (baxīl, “stingy, miserly”), from Arabic بَخِيل (baḵīl, “stingy, skimpy”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
बख़ील • (baxīl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بخیل)
- niggard, stingy, scant
- Synonym: कंजूस (kañjūs)
- The Quran 70.20-21:
- जब उसे तक़लीफ छू भी गयी तो घबरा गया, और जब उसे ज़रा फराग़ी हासिल हुयी तो बख़ील बन बैठा
- jab use taqlīph chū bhī gayī to ghabrā gayā, aur jab use zarā pharāġī hāsil huyī to baxīl ban baiṭhā
- when one is tapped by direness he is abashed, when he attains but a tad of easiness he becomes scant
- जब उसे तक़लीफ छू भी गयी तो घबरा गया, और जब उसे ज़रा फराग़ी हासिल हुयी तो बख़ील बन बैठा
Noun[edit]
बख़ील • (baxīl) m (Urdu spelling بخیل)
Declension[edit]
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