रहट
Hindi
Alternative forms
- अरहट (arhaṭ), रहंट्ट (rahaṇṭṭ), रहँट (rahãṭ), रेंट (rẽṭ), राँटा (rā̃ṭā)
Etymology
From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝 (rahaṭṭa), 𑀅𑀭𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝 (arahaṭṭa), from Sanskrit अरघट्ट (araghaṭṭa, “wheel for raising water”).
Compare Kashmiri अर्हठ् (arhaṭh) Punjabi ਚੁਹਰ੍ਹਟਾ (cuhrhaṭā), Nepali रोहोटे (rohoṭe), Odia ଅରଟ (araṭa), Bihari रहटा, Maithili रहट (rahaṭ), Awadhi रँहटा (rãhaṭā), Old Gujarati अरहट (arahaṭa), Gujarati રહેંટ (rahẽṭ) and Marathi रहाट (rahāṭ).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɾə.ɦəʈ/, [ɾɛ.ɦɛʈ]
- Rhymes: -əʈ
Noun
रहट • (rahaṭ) m (Urdu spelling رَہَٹ)
- a Persian wheel (for drawing water out of a well)
- Synonyms: अरघट्ट (arghaṭṭ), कूपचक्र (kūpcakra), कूपयंत्र (kūpyantra)
- succession, series, continuation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | रहट rahaṭ |
रहट rahaṭ |
| oblique | रहट rahaṭ |
रहटों rahaṭõ |
| vocative | रहट rahaṭ |
रहटो rahaṭo |
Derived terms
- रहट लगाना (rahaṭ lagānā)
- रहटा (rahṭā)
- रहटी (rahṭī)
Descendants
- → Burmese: ရဟတ် (ra.hat)
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “रहँट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4140
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रहँट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 857
- Platts, John T. (1884) “रहट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 609
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “रहट”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 719
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “araghaṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 27