हाथी
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हाथी - Elephant
See also: हाथ
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (hatthi), from Sanskrit हस्तिन् (hastin). Cognate with Marathi हत्ती (hattī).
Pronunciation
Noun
हाथी • (hāthī) m (feminine हथिनी, Urdu spelling ہاتھی)
Declension
Declension of हाथी (masc ī-stem)
Descendants
- → English: hathi (obsolete, rare)
See also
| Chess pieces in Hindi · शतरंज के मोहरे (śatrañj ke mohre) (layout · text) | |||||
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| राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh) शाह (śāh) |
रानी (rānī) वज़ीर (vazīr) मंत्री (mantrī) बेगम (begam) फ़रज़ी (farzī) |
हाथी (hāthī) कश्ती (kaśtī) रुख़ (rux) |
ऊँट (ū̃ṭ) फ़ील (fīl) पील (pīl) |
घोड़ा (ghoṛā) | प्यादा (pyādā) पैदल (paidal) सिपाही (sipāhī) |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हाथी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “हाथी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “हाथी”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हाथी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hāthī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “हाथी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House