mariticide
/məˈrɪtɪsaɪd/noun
उच्चारण मरिटिसाइड
पति की हत्या; पति की हत्यारिन
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as one-word substitution
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[U, C] formal
the act of killing your husband; a woman who kills her husband
पति की हत्या; पति की हत्यारिन
- She was convicted of mariticide.
- The word mariticide appeared in the law journal in a discussion of a historic case.
- Mariticide is a rare word that appears in old legal texts.
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- The play was based on a case of mariticide in the nineteenth century.
- In the quiz, the question asked for the meaning of mariticide.
AaSpelling
ma·ri·ti·cide
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Latin maritus, husband (as in marital).
Latin maritus, पति, से (marital की तरह)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: killing one's husband is mariticide; wife uxoricide; father patricide; mother matricide; brother fratricide; sister sororicide; child filicide; king regicide; newborn infanticide.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: पति की हत्या mariticide; पत्नी की uxoricide; पिता की patricide; माता की matricide; भाई की fratricide; बहन की sororicide; संतान की filicide; राजा की regicide; नवजात की infanticide।