शिद्दत
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شدت (šiddat), from Arabic شِدَّة (šidda).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃɪd̪.d̪ət̪/, [ʃɪd̪̚.d̪ɐt̪]
Noun
शिद्दत • (śiddat) f (Urdu spelling شدت)
- severity, rigour; intensity, harshness
- Brij Narayan Chakbast, रामायण का एक सीन:
- देखा तो एक दर में है बैठी वो ख़स्ताहाल
सकता सा हो गया है ये है शिद्दत-ए-मलाल- dekhā to ek dar mẽ hai baiṭhī vo xastāhāl
saktā sā ho gayā hai ye hai śiddat-e-malāl - Sighted her to be sitting on a threshold so miserably
He was dazed— this is the intensity of remorse
- dekhā to ek dar mẽ hai baiṭhī vo xastāhāl
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शिद्दत śiddat |
शिद्दतें śiddatẽ |
| oblique | शिद्दत śiddat |
शिद्दतों śiddatõ |
| vocative | शिद्दत śiddat |
शिद्दतो śiddato |
References
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शिद्दत”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शिद्दत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शिद्दत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “shiddat”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.