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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سوال (suwāl), variant form of سؤال (su'āl), from Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl). Compare Gujarati સવાલ (savāl), Punjabi ਸਵਾਲ (savāl) / سوال (savāl).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sə.ʋɑːl/,
- Hyphenation: स‧वाल
- Rhymes: -ɑːl
Noun
सवाल • (savāl) m (Urdu spelling سَوال)
- question
- Synonym: प्रश्न (praśna)
- Antonym: जवाब (javāb)
- मेरा एक सवाल है। ― merā ek savāl hai. ― I have a question.
Declension
Declension of सवाल (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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सवाल
savāl
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सवाल, सवालात
savāl, savālāt
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| oblique
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सवाल
savāl
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सवालों, सवालातों
savālõ, savālātõ
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| vocative
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सवाल
savāl
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सवालो, सवालातो
savālo, savālāto
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Derived terms
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सवाल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 644.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “सवाल”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 792
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सवाल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 5020
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “सवाल”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 789
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सवाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 996
- Platts, John T. (1884) “سؤَال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 692
- “सवाल”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- John Shakespear (1834) “सवाल”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1114