इतिहास

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Hindi

 इतिहास on Hindi Wikipedia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इतिहास (itihāsa).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɪ.t̪ɪ.ɦɑːs/,

Noun

इतिहास • (itihās) m (Urdu spelling اتہاس)

  1. history
    इतिहास के विभाग में पाँच व्याख्याता हैं।
    itihās ke vibhāg mẽ pā̃c vyākhyātā ha͠i.
    There are five lecturers in the history department.
    इतिहास दोहराता है। ― itihās dohrātā hai. ― History repeats .

Declension

Declension of इतिहास (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct इतिहास
itihās 		इतिहास
itihās
oblique इतिहास
itihās 		इतिहासों
itihāsõ
vocative इतिहास
itihās 		इतिहासो
itihāso

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Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इतिहास (itihāsa).

Pronunciation

Noun

इतिहास • (itihās) m

  1. history

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इतिहास (itihāsa).

Pronunciation

Noun

इतिहास • (itihās)

  1. history

Pali

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Noun

इतिहास m

  1. Devanagari script form of itihāsa (“history”)

Declension

Declension table of "इतिहास" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)इतिहासो (itihāso)इतिहासा (itihāsā)
Accusative (second)इतिहासं (itihāsaṃ)इतिहासे (itihāse)
Instrumental (third)इतिहासेन (itihāsena)इतिहासेहि (itihāsehi) or इतिहासेभि (itihāsebhi)
Dative (fourth)इतिहासस्स (itihāsassa) or इतिहासाय (itihāsāya) or इतिहासत्थं (itihāsatthaṃ)इतिहासानं (itihāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)इतिहासस्मा (itihāsasmā) or इतिहासम्हा (itihāsamhā) or इतिहासा (itihāsā)इतिहासेहि (itihāsehi) or इतिहासेभि (itihāsebhi)
Genitive (sixth)इतिहासस्स (itihāsassa)इतिहासानं (itihāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)इतिहासस्मिं (itihāsasmiṃ) or इतिहासम्हि (itihāsamhi) or इतिहासे (itihāse)इतिहासेसु (itihāsesu)
Vocative (calling)इतिहास (itihāsa)इतिहासा (itihāsā)

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 3 August 2022

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Etymology

From इति (iti, “thus; so; like that”, quotative particle) +‎ ह (ha, intensifying particle) +‎ आस (āsa, “was”, first/third person perfective), from the root अस् (as, “to be”). Literally, "so it has been; it was exactly as narrated."

Pronunciation

Noun

इतिहास • (itihāsá) stem, m

  1. legend; tradition; traditional account of history; story
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 15.6.4:
      स॒ बृहतीं॒ दि॒शम् अ॒नु व्य् अ॑चलत् ।
      त॒म् इतिहास॒श् च पुराणं॒ च गा॒थाश् च नाराशंसी॒श् चानुव्य॑चलन् ।
      इतिहास॒स्य च वै॒ स॒ पुराण॒स्य च गा॒थानां च नाराशंसी॒नां च प्रियं॒ धा॒म भवति य॒ एवं॒ वे॒द ॥
      sa bṛ́hátīṃ diśám anú vy acalat.
      tam ítíhā́saś cá púrā́ṇaṃ cá gāthā́ś cá nā́rā́śaṃsīś cā́núvyacalan.
      ítíhā́sasyá cá vai sa púrā́ṇasyá cá gāthā́nā́ṃ cá nā́rāśaṃsīnā́ṃ cá príyaṃ dhāmá bhávátí ya évaṃ vedá.
      • 1905 translation by W. D. Whitney
        He moved out toward the great quarter; after him moved out both the itihāsá ('narrative') and the purāṇá ('stories of eld') and the gā́thās ('songs') and nārāçaṅcī́s ('eulogies'). Verily both of the itihāsá and of the purāṇá and of the gā́thās and of the nārāçaṅcī́s doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.
  2. heroic legend; epic

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of इतिहास (itihāsá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative इतिहासः
itihāsáḥ 		इतिहासौ / इतिहासा¹
itihāsaú / itihāsā́¹ 		इतिहासाः / इतिहासासः¹
itihāsā́ḥ / itihāsā́saḥ¹
Vocative इतिहास
ítihāsa 		इतिहासौ / इतिहासा¹
ítihāsau / ítihāsā¹ 		इतिहासाः / इतिहासासः¹
ítihāsāḥ / ítihāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative इतिहासम्
itihāsám 		इतिहासौ / इतिहासा¹
itihāsaú / itihāsā́¹ 		इतिहासान्
itihāsā́n
Instrumental इतिहासेन
itihāséna 		इतिहासाभ्याम्
itihāsā́bhyām 		इतिहासैः / इतिहासेभिः¹
itihāsaíḥ / itihāsébhiḥ¹
Dative इतिहासाय
itihāsā́ya 		इतिहासाभ्याम्
itihāsā́bhyām 		इतिहासेभ्यः
itihāsébhyaḥ
Ablative इतिहासात्
itihāsā́t 		इतिहासाभ्याम्
itihāsā́bhyām 		इतिहासेभ्यः
itihāsébhyaḥ
Genitive इतिहासस्य
itihāsásya 		इतिहासयोः
itihāsáyoḥ 		इतिहासानाम्
itihāsā́nām
Locative इतिहासे
itihāsé 		इतिहासयोः
itihāsáyoḥ 		इतिहासेषु
itihāséṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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