पश्चात्

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Hindi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पश्चात् (paścāt).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pəʃ.t͡ʃɑːt̪/,

Adverb

पश्चात् • (paścāt)

  1. afterwards, then, after
    Synonyms: बाद (bād), उपरांत (uprānt)
    अनेक व्यक्ति सोचे हैं, मृत्यु के पश्चात् क्या होता हैं।
    anek vyakti soce ha͠i, mŕtyu ke paścāt kyā hotā ha͠i.
    Many people have thought "what happens after death?"

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pasčaH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁, from *pós (“afterwards, behind”). Cognate with Latin post (“afterwards, behind”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀 (pasca), Old Persian (/⁠pasā⁠/). Related to पश्चा (paścā).

Pronunciation

Adverb

पश्चात् • (paścā́t)

  1. from behind, in the rear, behind, backwards
  2. from the west, westward
  3. after, hereafter, later, at last

Descendants

  • → Hindi: पश्चात् (paścāt, “then, next; finally; complete, finished.”)
  • → Old Javanese: paścat

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “पश्चात्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 612/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 110
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