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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit तुरंत (turaṃta), from Sanskrit तुरन्त् (turant, “hurrying, hastening”, present participle of त्वर् (tvar, root)) (compare त्वरन्त् (tvarant)).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ʊ.ɾənt̪/,
Adverb
तुरंत • (turant) (Urdu spelling تُرَنْت)
- at once, immediately
- Synonym: त्वरित (tvarit)
2017 May 1, Delhi Press, मनोहर कहानियाँ : May 2017, Delhi Press, page 53:मच गया कि दिनदहाड़े एक पुलिस वाले का बेटा अगवा कर लिया गया. मामला खुद के विभाग के मुलाज़िम का था, इसलिए पुलिस तुरंत हरकत में आ गई.- mac gayā ki dinadhāṛe ek pulis vāle kā beṭā agvā kar liyā gayā. māmlā khud ke vibhāg ke mulāzim kā thā, islie pulis turant harkat mẽ ā gaī.
- It happened that the son of a policeman was kidnapped in broad daylight. The matter was about an employee of their own department, so the police immediately got into action.
Alternative forms
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तुरंत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2111
- Platts, John T. (1884) “तुरन्त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 320
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तुरंत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 457
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “turant”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 335
Prakrit
Adjective
तुरंत (turaṃta)
- Devanagari script form of 𑀢𑀼𑀭𑀁𑀢 (“quick; hurrying”)