मनहूस manhūs

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

منحوس · ar · adj.

Earlier definition

Definition

Ominous, inauspicious.
Ill-fated.
Gloomy, sombre.
(Bābā) Miser. One who doesn't donate the wealth of knowledge.

Usual translation

  1. miserly

Origin of the definition

मनहूस. Miser; One who don’t donate the wealth of knowledge.

Manhoos. Miser/unlucky.

मनहूस manahūsa mānhū:s (a) ominous, inauspicious; ill-fated; gloomy, sombre; ~सियत ominousness, inauspiciousness; gloominess; ~स शक्ल न दिखाना not to darken one's door.

A منحوس manḥūs (pass. part. of نحس 'to be unlucky,' &c.), part. adj. Unfortunate, unlucky, ill-omened; unhappy, wretched; — forbidding, abominable, disgusting; — woe-begone, doleful, dismal; — s.m. An unfortunate person, &c.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

23 occurrences

In 14 on 2386 murlis

Search for the murlis where this word is used.

Search on multiple words
    Search currently defined to:
    No search defined.

with this word.

this word to the search.

Created
Monday 14 March 2022
Updated
Wednesday 31 July 2024