चश्मदीद

Hindi

Etymology

From चश्म (caśma, “eye”) +‎ दीद (dīd, “sight”), ultimately from Classical Persian. Compare Punjabi چشم دید / ਚਸ਼ਮਦੀਦ (caśmadīd).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəʃ.mᵊ.d̪iːd̪/, [t͡ʃɐʃ.mᵊ.d̪iːd̪]

Adjective

चश्मदीद • (caśmdīd) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling چشم دید)

eyewitness
Synonym: प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (pratyakṣadarśī)

Derived terms

चश्मदीद गवाह (caśmdīd gavāh)

References

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

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