رشوت
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian رِشْوَه (rišwa), from Arabic رِشْوَة (rišwa). First attested in c. 1654 as Middle Hindi رشوت (rśvt).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾɪʃ.ʋət̪/
- Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: رِشْ‧وَت
Noun
رِشْوَت • (riśvat) f (Hindi spelling रिश्वत)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | رِشْوَت (riśvat) | رِشْوَتیں (riśvatẽ) |
| oblique | رِشْوَت (riśvat) | رِشْوَتوں (riśvatõ) |
| vocative | رِشْوَت (riśvat) | رِشْوَتو (riśvato) |
Related terms
- رِشْوَت خور (riśvat xor)
- رِشْوَت خوری f (riśvat xorī)
References
Further reading
More information
- “رشوت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رشوت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “رشوت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “رشوت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “رشوت”, 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
Ushojo
Etymology
Noun
رشوت (rišvat)