अंतिमेत्थम्

Hindi

Alternative forms

अन्तिमेत्थम् (antimettham)

Etymology

Came into use during the Second World War.^[1] Sanskritic formation from अंतिम (antim, “final”) +‎ इत्थम् (ittham, “thus, in this manner”), a phono-semantic matching of English ultimatum.^[2]

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ən.t̪ɪ.meːt̪.t̪ʰəm/, [ɐ̃n̪.t̪ɪ.meːt̪̚.t̪ʰɐ̃m]
Hyphenation: अं‧ति‧मेत्‧थम्, अं‧ति‧मे‧त्थम्

Noun

अंतिमेत्थम् • (antimettham) m

(diplomacy) ultimatum
- 1979, Mahendra Kumar Varma, transl., कम्बन्, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, translation of Kamban by S. Maharajan, page 74:
  रावण को अन्तिमेत्थम् देने के लिए राम अंगद को भेजते हैं […]
  rāvaṇ ko antimettham dene ke lie rām aṅgad ko bhejte ha͠i […]
  [original: Rama sends Angada to deliver an ultimatum to Ravana […]]

Declension

Declension of *अंतिमेत्थम्* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	अंतिमेत्थम् antimettham	अंतिमेत्थम् antimettham
oblique	अंतिमेत्थम् antimettham	अंतिमेत्थमों antimetthamõ
vocative	अंतिमेत्थम् antimettham	अंतिमेत्थमो antimetthamo

References

^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अल्टिमेटम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 334
^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अंतिमेत्थम्”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 32