हूँठा

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Hindi

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Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (addhuṭṭha), from Sanskrit अर्धचतुर्थ (ardhacaturtha, the half of the fourth).

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हूँठा (hū̃ṭhā) (Urdu spelling ہونٹھا)[1][2][3]

  1. three and a half

References

  1. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हूँठा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ardhacaturtha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 29
  3. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हूँठा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press