हानि

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.

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.