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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अतिशयोक्ति (atiśayokti).
Pronunciation
Noun
अतिशयोक्ति • (atiśyokti) m
- exaggeration
नारायण, नारायण, यह उक्ति सत्य नहीं, किंतु अतिशयोक्ति है।- nārāyaṇ, nārāyaṇ, yah ukti satya nahī̃, kintu atiśyokti hai.
- Well well, so this is surely not a true statement, but an exaggeration.
Declension
Declension of अतिशयोक्ति (masc i-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti
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अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti
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oblique
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अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti
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अतिशयोक्तियों atiśyoktiyõ
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vocative
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अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti
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अतिशयोक्तियो atiśyoktiyo
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References
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अतिशयोक्ति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 22
Marathi
Pronunciation
Noun
अतिशयोक्ति • (atiśyokti) f
- Alternative form of अतिशयोक्ती (atiśyoktī)