नखत

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Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit णक्खत्त (ṇakkhatta), from Sanskrit नक्षत्र (nákṣatra, star).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /nə.kʰət̪/,

Noun

नखत (nakhatm (Urdu spelling نَکَھت)[1][2][3]

  1. a star
    Synonyms: तारा (tārā), सितारा (sitārā)
  2. a constellation; an asterism
  3. a lunar mansion

Declension

References

  1. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नखत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “नखत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1149
  3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nákṣatra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 397