Meanings
eve-teasing1
nouneve-teasing (usually uncountable, plural eve-teasings)
plural eve-teasings
- uncountableusuallyAlternative letter-case form of Eve-teasing.
Eve-teasing2
nounEve-teasing (usually uncountable, plural Eve-teasings)
plural Eve-teasings
- IndiaPakistanSouth Asiauncountableusuallysexual harassment of women by men
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Origin
- Hindiछेड़ख़ानी
- EnglishEve-teasing
Named after the biblical Eve, the first woman. Likely influenced by Hindi छेड़ख़ानी (cheṛxānī), छेड़छाड़ (cheṛchāṛ).
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