हिसाब
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حساب (hisāb), from Arabic حِسَاب m (ḥisāb). Compare to Bengali হিসাব (hiśab), Assamese হিচাপ (hisap) and Marathi हिशोब (hiśob).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦɪ.sɑːb/, [ɦɪ.säːb]
- Rhymes: -ɑːb
Noun
हिसाब • (hisāb) m (Urdu spelling حساب)
- account
- calculation; arithmetic
- bill (a list of items needed to paid for)
- viewpoint, perspective
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | हिसाब hisāb |
हिसाब hisāb |
| oblique | हिसाब hisāb |
हिसाबों hisābõ |
| vocative | हिसाब hisāb |
हिसाबो hisābo |
Derived terms
- बेहिसाब (behisāb, “innumerable”)
- हिसाब करना (hisāb karnā, “to calculate, keep an account”)
- हिसाब चुकाना (hisāb cukānā, “to settle accounts”)
- हिसाब लगाना (hisāb lagānā, “to calculate”)
- हिसाब-किताब (hisāb-kitāb, “accounts, book-keeping”)
- हिसाबिया (hisābiyā, “calculating, an accountant”)
- हिसाबी (hisābī, “related to accounts, an accountant”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हिसाब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press