ईंट
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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (iṭṭā), from Sanskrit *इष्टा (iṣṭā), an unsuffixed form of Sanskrit इष्टका (íṣṭakā, “brick”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hišt- (“brick”), possibly from the BMAC substrate. Cognate with Punjabi ਇੱਟ (iṭṭa) / اِٹّ (īṭṭ), Gujarati ઈંટ (ī̃ṭa), Marathi वीट (vīṭ), Bengali ইট (iṭ), and Odia ଇଟା (iṭā).
Pronunciation
Noun
ईंट • (ī̃ṭ) f (Urdu spelling اِین٘ٹ)
- brick
- The Bible, Ezekiel 4:1:
- तू एक ईंट ले और उसे अपने साम्हने रख कर उस पर एक नगर, अर्थात यरूशलेम का चित्र खींच
- tū ek ī̃ṭ le aur use apne sāmhane rakh kar us par ek nagar, arthāt yarūślem kā citra khī̃c
- take a brick and place it in front of you so as to trace the outline of the city of Jerusalem
- तू एक ईंट ले और उसे अपने साम्हने रख कर उस पर एक नगर, अर्थात यरूशलेम का चित्र खींच
- (card games) diamond
Declension
Declension of ईंट (fem cons-stem)
See also
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| पान (pān) | ईंट (ī̃ṭ) | हुक्म (hukm) | चिड़ी (ciṛī) |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “īṁṭ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “íṣṭakā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press