शुरुआत
Hindi
Alternative forms
- शुरुवात (śuruvāt)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شُرُوعَات (šurūʿāt), plural of شُرُو (šurū). Compare Gujarati શરૂઆત (śarūāta), Marathi सुरवात (survāt).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃʊ.ɾʊ.ɑːt̪/, [ʃʊ.ɾʊ.äːt̪], /ʃʊɾ.ʋɑːt̪/, [ʃʊɾ.ʋäːt̪]
- Rhymes: -ɑːt̪
Noun
शुरुआत • (śuruāt) f (Urdu spelling شروعات)
- beginning, commencement
- Synonyms: आरंभ (ārambh), प्रारंभ (prārambh)
- opening
- starter, appetizers
Declension
Declension of शुरुआत (fem cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शुरुआत śuruāt | शुरुआतें śuruātẽ |
| oblique | शुरुआत śuruāt | शुरुआतों śuruātõ |
| vocative | शुरुआत śuruāt | शुरुआतो śuruāto |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शुरुआत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press