ہتھیار
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀭 (hatthiyāra), from Sanskrit *हस्तकार (hastakāra), from हस्त (hásta, “hand”) + कार (kāra, “effort, exertion”). Compare Punjabi ਹਥਿਆਰ (hathiāra) / ہَتھیار (hathiyar), Sindhi هَٿِيارُ / हथिआरु, Gujarati હથિયાર (hathiyār), Marathi हत्यार (hatyār), Bengali হাতিয়ার (hatiyar), Dhivehi ހަތިޔާރު (hatiyāru).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦə.t̪ʰɪ.jɑːɾ/
Noun
ہَتِھیار • (hathiyār) m (Hindi spelling हथियार)
- weapon
Declension
Declension of ہتھیار | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | ہَتِھیَار (hathiyār) | ہَتِھیَار (hathiyār) |
oblique | ہَتِھیَار (hathiyār) | ہَتِھیَاروں (hathiyārō̃) |
vocative | ہَتِھیَار (hathiyār) | ہَتِھیَارو (hathiyārō) |
References
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ہتهيار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*hastakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press