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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit णक्खत्त (ṇakkhatta), from Sanskrit नक्षत्र (nákṣatra, “star”).
Pronunciation
Noun
नखत • (nakhat) m (Urdu spelling نَکَھت)[1][2][3]
- a star
- Synonyms: तारा (tārā), सितारा (sitārā)
- a constellation; an asterism
- a lunar mansion
Declension
Declension of नखत (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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नखत nakhat
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नखत nakhat
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oblique
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नखत nakhat
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नखतों nakhatõ
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vocative
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नखत nakhat
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नखतो nakhato
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References
- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नखत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “नखत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1149
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nákṣatra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 397