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Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit *कथावार्त्ता (kathāvārttā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kə.ɦɑː.ʋət̪/,
Noun
कहावत • (kahāvat) f (Urdu spelling کہاوت)
- proverb, saying, adage
- Synonyms: मसल (masal), लोकोक्ति (lokokti)
Declension
Declension of कहावत (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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कहावत
kahāvat
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कहावतें
kahāvatẽ
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| oblique
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कहावत
kahāvat
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कहावतों
kahāvatõ
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| vocative
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कहावत
kahāvat
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कहावतो
kahāvato
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References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कहावत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कहावत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “कहावत”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कहावत”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Hardev Bahri (2013) “कहावत”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN
- “कहावत”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- “कहावत”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “कहावत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.