हरकत

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَرَکَت (harakat), from Arabic حَرَكَة (ḥaraka). Compare Punjabi ਹਰਕਤ (harkat) / حَرکَت (ḥarkat), Sindhi حَرْڪَتَ / हर्कत, Gujarati હરકત (harkat), Odia ହରକତ (hôrôkôtô), Bengali হরকত (horkot), Assamese হৰকত (horokot).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦəɾ.kət̪/,

Noun

हरकत (harkatf (Urdu spelling حَرَکَت)

  1. motion, movement
    तुम्हारी सब हरकतें हम देख रहे हैं
    tumhārī sab harkatẽ ham dekh rahe ha͠i
    we are watching all of your movements
  2. motion, deed, doing; attempt, gesture
    यह सब उसी की हरकतें हैंyah sab usī kī harkatẽ ha͠ithis is all his/her doing
  3. disrespectful, unbecoming, or unbefitting doings; misbehavior, misdeed

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Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حرکت (harakat), from Arabic حَرَكَة (ḥaraka). Compare Gujarati હરકત (harkat), Hindustani حَرْکَت (harkat) / हरकत (harkat), Sindhi حَرْڪَتَ / हर्कत, Punjabi ਹਰਕਤ (harkat) / حَرکَت (ḥarkat), Odia ହରକତ (hôrôkôtô), Bengali হরকত (horkot), Assamese হৰকত (horokot).

Pronunciation

Noun

हरकत (harkatf

  1. objection, opposition
    माझी काहीच हरकत नाही.
    mājhī kāhīc harkat nāhī.
    I do not mind at all.
  2. hindrance

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “हरकत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “हरकत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “हरकत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).