पहचान

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi पहिचान (pahicāna), from Sanskrit प्रत्यभिज्ञान (pratyabhijñāna).[1] Related to पहचानना (pahcānnā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /pəɦ.t͡ʃɑːn/, [pɛʱ.t͡ʃä̃ːn]

Noun

पहचान • (pahcānf (Urdu spelling پہچان)

  1. recognition, identification
  2. identity

Declension

Declension of पहचान (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct पहचान
pahcān
पहचानें
pahcānẽ
oblique पहचान
pahcān
पहचानों
pahcānõ
vocative पहचान
pahcān
पहचानो
pahcāno

References

  1. ^ Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 223