منحوس

Arabic

Etymology
Root
ن ح س (n-ḥ-s)

Derived from the passive participle of the verb نَحَسَ (naḥasa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /man.ħuːs/

Adjective

مَنْحُوس • (manḥūs) (masculine plural مَنْحُوسُونَ (manḥūsūna) or مَنَاحِيس (manāḥīs))

  1. disastrous, fateful, evil, inauspicious, unfortunate, unlucky, ill-omened

Declension
Declension of adjective مَنْحُوس (manḥūs)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مَنْحُوس
manḥūs		 الْمَنْحُوس
al-manḥūs		 مَنْحُوسَة
manḥūsa		 الْمَنْحُوسَة
al-manḥūsa
Nominative مَنْحُوسٌ
manḥūsun		 الْمَنْحُوسُ
al-manḥūsu		 مَنْحُوسَةٌ
manḥūsatun		 الْمَنْحُوسَةُ
al-manḥūsatu
Accusative مَنْحُوسًا
manḥūsan		 الْمَنْحُوسَ
al-manḥūsa		 مَنْحُوسَةً
manḥūsatan		 الْمَنْحُوسَةَ
al-manḥūsata
Genitive مَنْحُوسٍ
manḥūsin		 الْمَنْحُوسِ
al-manḥūsi		 مَنْحُوسَةٍ
manḥūsatin		 الْمَنْحُوسَةِ
al-manḥūsati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مَنْحُوسَيْن
manḥūsayn		 الْمَنْحُوسَيْن
al-manḥūsayn		 مَنْحُوسَتَيْن
manḥūsatayn		 الْمَنْحُوسَتَيْن
al-manḥūsatayn
Nominative مَنْحُوسَانِ
manḥūsāni		 الْمَنْحُوسَانِ
al-manḥūsāni		 مَنْحُوسَتَانِ
manḥūsatāni		 الْمَنْحُوسَتَانِ
al-manḥūsatāni
Accusative مَنْحُوسَيْنِ
manḥūsayni		 الْمَنْحُوسَيْنِ
al-manḥūsayni		 مَنْحُوسَتَيْنِ
manḥūsatayni		 الْمَنْحُوسَتَيْنِ
al-manḥūsatayni
Genitive مَنْحُوسَيْنِ
manḥūsayni		 الْمَنْحُوسَيْنِ
al-manḥūsayni		 مَنْحُوسَتَيْنِ
manḥūsatayni		 الْمَنْحُوسَتَيْنِ
al-manḥūsatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مَنْحُوسِين‎; مَشَائِيم
manḥūsīn‎; mašāʔīm		 الْمَنْحُوسِين‎; الْمَشَائِيم
al-manḥūsīn‎; al-mašāʔīm		 مَنْحُوسَات
manḥūsāt		 الْمَنْحُوسَات
al-manḥūsāt
Nominative مَنْحُوسُونَ‎; مَشَائِيمُ
manḥūsūna‎; mašāʔīmu		 الْمَنْحُوسُونَ‎; الْمَشَائِيمُ
al-manḥūsūna‎; al-mašāʔīmu		 مَنْحُوسَاتٌ
manḥūsātun		 الْمَنْحُوسَاتُ
al-manḥūsātu
Accusative مَنْحُوسِينَ‎; مَشَائِيمَ
manḥūsīna‎; mašāʔīma		 الْمَنْحُوسِينَ‎; الْمَشَائِيمَ
al-manḥūsīna‎; al-mašāʔīma		 مَنْحُوسَاتٍ
manḥūsātin		 الْمَنْحُوسَاتِ
al-manḥūsāti
Genitive مَنْحُوسِينَ‎; مَشَائِيمَ
manḥūsīna‎; mašāʔīma		 الْمَنْحُوسِينَ‎; الْمَشَائِيمِ
al-manḥūsīna‎; al-mašāʔīmi		 مَنْحُوسَاتٍ
manḥūsātin		 الْمَنْحُوسَاتِ
al-manḥūsāti

Synonyms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَنْحُوس (manhūs), from Arabic مَنْحُوس (manḥūs).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَنْحُوس • (manhūs) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मनहूस)

  1. ill-omened
  2. unfortunate, unlucky
  3. inauspicious
  4. damned
  5. (vulgar) dismal, wretched

Derived terms
  • مَنْحُوس گَھڑی (manhūs ghaṛī, “bad or unlucky time”)
  • مَنْحُوسِیَت (manhūsiyat)
  • مَنْحُوسِیَت پَن (manhūsiyat pan)
  • مَنْحُوسی (manhūsī, “having a bad omen”)

Further reading
  • “منحوس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “منحوس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “منحوس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “منحوس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “منحوس”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1121
  • John Shakespear (1834) “منحوس”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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