क्षेत्र

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षेत्र॑ (kṣétra). Doublet of खेत (khet).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʂeːt̪.ɾᵊ/,

क्षेत्र • (kṣetra) m (Urdu spelling کشيتر)

1. field, area of study

   गणित का कौन्सा क्षेत्र तुम्हे सबसे पसंद आता है?

   gaṇit kā kaunsā kṣetra tumhe sabse pasand ātā hai?

   Which field of mathematics do you like the most?

2. region, area, zone

   Synonyms: इलाक़ा (ilāqā), हलक़ा (halqā), ज़ोन (zon), अंचल (añcal)

   यह क्षेत्र उस राज्य के अंतर्गत है।

   yah kṣetra us rājya ke antargat hai.

   This region is included in that state.

   पश्चिमी क्षेत्र ― paścimī kṣetra ― western zone

3. field, land, enclosed plot of ground

   Synonyms: खेत (khet), ज़मीन (zamīn)

4. (physics) field

   वैद्युत क्षेत्र ― vaidyut kṣetra ― electric field

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “क्षेत्र”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क्षेत्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षेत्र॑ (kṣétra).

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: छेत्र

क्षेत्र • (kṣetra)

1. field, area, region, zone

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṭṣáytram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšáytram, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytrom. Cognate with Avestan 𐬱𐬋𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (šōiθra), English home.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɐ́jt.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʂeːt̪.ɾɐ/

क्षेत्र॑ • (kṣétra) stem, n

1. land, soil, ground
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. field, cultivated area
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
3. area, domain place, region, country
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Borrowed terms

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षेत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 332.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣḗtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 195