मसलहत

मसलहत

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मस्लहत (maslahat)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَصلَحَت‎ (maslahat), from Arabic مَصْلَحَة‎‎ (maṣlaḥa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /məs.lə.ɦət̪/, [məs̪.l̪ɛ.ɦɛt̪], /məs.leː.ɦət̪/, [məs̪.l̪eː.ɦət̪]

Noun

मसलहत • (maslahat) f (Urdu spelling مصلحت‎)

1. expediency, advantage
2. counsel, advice

   Synonym: सलाह (salāh)

Declension

Declension of मसलहत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मसलहत maslahat	मसलहतें maslahatẽ
oblique	मसलहत maslahat	मसलहतों maslahatõ
vocative	मसलहत maslahat	मसलहतो maslahato

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मसलहत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press