नाखुश nākhuśh

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.

Hindi · adj.

Earlier definition

Usual or cultural meaning

Unhappy, displeased, annoyed.

Proposed translations

  1. unhappy
  2. displeased
  3. annoyed

Origin of the definition

खुश خوش khuśh (persan)

Happy, pleased.
Good.

P نا nā [Zend na; S. na], neg. or priv. part. (prefixed to nouns, or participles), equivalent to the English non˚, ir˚, in˚, un˚, dis˚, and the affix ˚less.

ना nā / ~ख़ुश Unhappy; displeased; annoyed.

Created
Saturday 14 November 2026
Updated
Saturday 14 November 2026