हानि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हानि (hāni).

Noun

हानि • (hāni) f (Urdu spelling هان‎)

  1. loss
    उसकी मृत्यु से विज्ञान की बड़ी हानि हुई।
    uskī mŕtyu se vigyān kī baṛī hāni huī.
    His death was a great loss to science.
  2. harm, damage
    कोई हानि नहीं हुई।
    koī hāni nahī̃ huī.
    There is no harm done.

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Sanskrit

Noun

हानि • (hāni) f

  1. (accord. to some fr. √ हन्) abandonment, relinquishment.
  2. taking off, laying aside (ornaments).
  3. decrease, diminution.
  4. deprivation of (abl.).
  5. damage, loss, failure (also in a lawsuit), ruin.
  6. insufficiency, deficit, a minus ĀṡvGṛ. MBh. cessation, disappearance, non-existence.

Derived terms

References
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989), “हानि”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.
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