Knavishness in Hindi — Meaning of धोखा (dhokha)

📖 Meaning of “knavishness”

The meaning of “knavishness” in Hindi is धोखा, pronounced dhokha — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

🔠 All meanings in Hindi

dhokha (noun) धोखा

(noun) कपट

(noun) छल

(noun) वञ्चक

📘 Definition of knavishness

The quality of being knavish.

✍️ Knavishness in a sentence

His knavishness was exposed when he was caught cheating in the game.

तुम मुझे धोखा नहीं दे सकते।

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

From a derivative of Sanskrit ध्रोक्ष्यति (dhrokṣyati, “will deceive”), from the root द्रुह् (druh), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-. Cognate with Bengali ধোঁকা (dhō̃ka), Gujarati ધોકા (dhokā) / ધોંકા (dhõkā), Marathi धोका (dhokā), Punjabi ਧੋਖਾ (dhokhā).

Quick facts about “knavishness”

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Word (English)

Knavishness

Meaning in Hindi

धोखा

Pronunciation

dhokha

Part of speech

Noun

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The Hindi meaning of "knavishness" is धोखा (dhokha).

In Devanagari script it is written as धोखा.

It is pronounced "dhokha". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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