गश्त
Hindi
Etymology
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Borrowed from Classical Persian گَشْت (gašt), from Persian گَشْتَن, from Proto-Iranian *gártati.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡəʃt̪/, [ɡɐʃt̪]
Noun
गश्त • (gaśt) f (Urdu spelling گشت)
- patrol, watch
- अभी कौन इमारत की गश्त लगा रहा है?
- abhī kaun imārat kī gaśt lagā rahā hai?
- Now who's patrolling the building?
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | गश्त gaśt |
गश्तें gaśtẽ |
| oblique | गश्त gaśt |
गश्तों gaśtõ |
| vocative | गश्त gaśt |
गश्तो gaśto |
Derived terms
- गश्ती (gaśtī)
- बाज़गश्त (bāzgaśt)
- मटरगश्त (maṭargaśt)
- शहरगश्त (śahargaśt)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गश्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press