हानि

See also: हुनु, होना, होने, and हनु

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 vijñān 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.

Declension

Declension of हानि (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हानि hāni	हानियाँ hāniyā̃
oblique	हानि hāni	हानियों hāniyõ
vocative	हानि hāni	हानियो hāniyo

Synonyms

• क्षति (kṣati)
• (loss): नुक़सान (nuqsān)

Antonyms

• लाभ (lābh)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root हा (hā, “to be empty, abandoned”).

Noun

हानि • (hāni) stem, 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

Descendants

• → Telugu: హాని (hāni)

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.