ढकोसला

Hindi

Etymology

Uncertain.

• Dasa suggests from a compound of ढंग (ḍhaṅg, “manner, way, method, means, behaviour, tact”) + Sanskrit कौशल (kauśala, “dexterity, cleverness, skillfulness”).
• Platts suggests derivation from ढकोसना (ḍhakosnā, “to gulp down”), with further etymology unknown.
• Otherwise, perhaps related to ढकना (ḍhaknā, “to cover, conceal; to be covered, concealed”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɖʱə.koːs.lɑː/, [ɖʱɐ.koːs.läː]

Noun

ढकोसला • (ḍhakoslā) m (Urdu spelling ڈَھکوسَلا)

1. pretence, deception, hypocrisy, humbug, delusion

Declension

Declension of ढकोसला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ढकोसला ḍhakoslā	ढकोसले ḍhakosle
oblique	ढकोसले ḍhakosle	ढकोसलों ḍhakoslõ
vocative	ढकोसले ḍhakosle	ढकोसलो ḍhakoslo

Synonyms

• आडंबर (āḍambar)
• दिखावा (dikhāvā)
• पाखंड (pākhaṇḍ)
• बहाना (bahānā)
• मिथ्या (mithyā)
• मिस (mis)

 

Derived terms

• ढकोसलेबाज़ (ḍhakoslebāz)
• ढकोसलेबाज़ी (ḍhakoslebāzī)

 

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ढकोसला”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ढकोसला”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.