एहतियात
Hindi
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Arabic اِحْتَاطَ (iḥtāṭa)
Hindi एहतियात (ehtiyāt)
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِحْتِیَاط (ihtiyāt), borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِيَاط (iḥtiyāṭ), from اِحْتَاطَ (iḥtāṭa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /eːɦ.t̪ɪ.jɑːt̪/, [eːʱ.t̪i.jäːt̪]
Noun
एहतियात • (ehtiyāt) f (Urdu spelling احتیاط)
- caution, care
- Synonym: सावधानी (sāvdhānī)
- precaution (instance of taking precautions)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | एहतियात ehtiyāt |
एहतियातें ehtiyātẽ |
| oblique | एहतियात ehtiyāt |
एहतियातों ehtiyātõ |
| vocative | एहतियात ehtiyāt |
एहतियातो ehtiyāto |
Derived terms
- ऐहतियातन (aihtiyātan)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “एहतियात”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press