नस्ल

Hindi

Alternative forms

नसल (nasal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (nasl), from Arabic نَسْل (nasl). Compare Punjabi ਨਸਲ (nasal).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nəs.lᵊ/, [nɐs.lᵊ]

Noun

नस्ल • (nasla) f (Urdu spelling نسل)

race, ethnic group
family, lineage
Synonyms: वंश (vañś), कुल (kul), ख़ानदान (xāndān)
stock, breed (of animal)

Declension

Declension of नस्ल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नस्ल nasla	नस्लें naslẽ
oblique	नस्ल nasla	नस्लों naslõ
vocative	नस्ल nasla	नस्लो naslo

Derived terms

नस्लभेद (naslabhed)
नस्लभेदी (naslabhedī)

References

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

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