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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀭 (hatthiyāra), from Sanskrit *हस्तकार (hastakāra), from हस्त (hásta, “hand”) + कार (kāra, “effort, exertion”). Compare Punjabi ਹਥਿਆਰ (hathiāra) / ہَتھیار (hatheyār), Sindhi هَٿِيارُ / हथिआरु, Gujarati હથિયાર (hathiyār), Marathi हत्यार (hatyār), Bengali হাতিয়ার (hatiẏar), Dhivehi ހަތިޔާރު (hatiyāru).
Pronunciation
Noun
ہَتِھیار • (hathiyār) m (Hindi spelling हथियार)
- weapon
Declension
| Declension of ہتھیار
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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ہَتِھیَار (hathiyār)
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ہَتِھیَار (hathiyār)
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| oblique
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ہَتِھیَار (hathiyār)
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ہَتِھیَاروں (hathiyārõ)
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| vocative
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ہَتِھیَار (hathiyār)
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ہَتِھیَارو (hathiyāro)
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References
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہتهيار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*hastakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press