पहाड़

See also: पहाड and पहाड़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀸𑀳𑀸𑀟 (*pāhāḍa, “mountain”). Cognate with Nepali पहाड (pahāḍ), Punjabi ਪਹਾੜ (pahāṛ), Gujarati પહાડ (pahāḍ), Bengali পাহাড় (pahaṛ), Assamese পাহাৰ (pahar), Sylheti ꠙꠣꠀꠠ (faaṛ).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pə.ɦɑːɽ/, [pɐ.ɦäːɽ]

Noun

पहाड़ • (pahāṛ) m (Urdu spelling پہاڑ)

mountain
Synonyms: पर्वत (parvat), कोह (koh), जबल (jabal)

Declension

Declension of *पहाड़* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	पहाड़ pahāṛ	पहाड़ pahāṛ
oblique	पहाड़ pahāṛ	पहाड़ों pahāṛõ
vocative	पहाड़ pahāṛ	पहाड़ो pahāṛo

Derived terms

पहाड़ी (pahāṛī)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pāhāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press