ठग ṭhag

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 · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

A cheat, swindler; villain.
A robber.
(historically) A thug: member of a secret gang of robbers and murderers.

Usual translation

  1. cheat

Origin of the definition

ठग ṭhag [cf. *ṭhagg-: Pk. ṭhaga-], m. 1. a cheat, swindler; villain. 2. a robber. 3. hist. a thug: member of a secret gang of robbers and murderers.

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Created
Friday 23 May 2025
Updated
Friday 23 May 2025