शीघ्रता

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit शीघ्रता (śīghratā). By surface analysis, शीघ्र (śīghra) +‎ -ता (-tā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃiːɡʱ.ɾə.t̪ɑː/,

Noun

शीघ्रता (śīghratāf (formal)

  1. (uncountable) haste, speed, swiftness
    Synonyms: शीघ्रत्व (śīghratva), तेज़ी (tezī), जल्द (jald)
  2. (countable) hurry
    • 2001, हरीचरन प्रकाश , उपकथा का अंत , Panchkula: Aadhar Prakashan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 199, →ISBN:
      फिर सुबह की शीघ्रताओं से निपटकर वह अंग्रेज़ी अखबार पढ़ने बैठे।
      phir subah kī śīghratāõ se nipaṭkar vah aṅgrezī akhbār paṛhne baiṭhe.
      Then after being freed from the hurries of morning, he sat for reading English newspaper.

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

शीघ्र (śīghra) +‎ -ता (-tā)

Pronunciation

Noun

शीघ्रता (śīghratā) stemf (Classical Sanskrit)

  1. quickness, speed, rapidity, fastness, swiftness
    Synonym: शीघ्रत्व (śīghratva)
    • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 5.58.28:
      बलं वीर्यं च तेजश्च शीघ्रता लघुहस्तता । अविषादश्च धैर्यं च पार्थान्नान्यत्र विद्यते ॥
      balaṃ vīryaṃ ca tejaśca śīghratā laghuhastatā. aviṣādaśca dhairyaṃ ca pārthānnānyatra vidyate.
      Power, manliness, energy, swiftness, ready-handedness, cheerfulness and patience are not seen anywhere other than in Arjuna.
    • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 14.73.17.1:
      तस्य तां शीघ्रताम्ईक्ष्य तुतोषातीव वीर्यवान् ।
      tasya tāṃ śīghratāmīkṣya tutoṣātīva vīryavān.
      Having seen his swiftness, the strong man was extremely satisfied.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शीघ्रता (śīghratā)
Singular
Nominative शीघ्रता
śīghratā
Vocative शीघ्रते
śīghrate
Accusative शीघ्रताम्
śīghratām
Instrumental शीघ्रतया
śīghratayā
Dative शीघ्रतायै
śīghratāyai
Ablative शीघ्रतायाः
śīghratāyāḥ
Genitive शीघ्रतायाः
śīghratāyāḥ
Locative शीघ्रतायाम्
śīghratāyām

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