बसीठ

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (vasiṭṭha), from Sanskrit वसिष्ठ (vásiṣṭha, “chief, most excellent, best”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas (“best, most excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wés-isth₂-o-s, superlative degree of *h₁wésus (“good”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bə.siːʈʰ/,

Noun

बसीठ • (basīṭh) m[1][2][3][4]

  1. (archaic) the main person in a village; village headman

Declension

Declension of बसीठ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct बसीठ
basīṭh 		बसीठ
basīṭh
oblique बसीठ
basīṭh 		बसीठों
basīṭhõ
vocative बसीठ
basīṭh 		बसीठो
basīṭho

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vásiṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Platts, John T. (1884) “बसीठ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 157
  3. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बसीठ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  4. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बसीठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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