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
	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