पुश्त
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian پشت (pušt), from Proto-Iranian *pr̥štáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥štʰás (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-ós, from *per- + *steh₂- + *-ós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬀 (paršta), Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭha). Doublet of पृष्ठ (pŕṣṭh)
Noun
पुश्त • (puśt) f (Urdu spelling پشت)
- the back
- generation, descent, extraction
- rearguard
- back (of a chair)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | पुश्त puśt |
पुश्तें puśtẽ |
| oblique | पुश्त puśt |
पुश्तों puśtõ |
| vocative | पुश्त puśt |
पुश्तो puśto |
Related terms
- पुश्तैनी (puśtainī, “ancestral”)
- पुश्तनामा (puśtanāmā, “genealogy”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुश्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press