हिंदुत्व
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Bengali হিন্দুত্ব (hindutẇô), coined by Chandranath Basu in his 1892 work হিন্দুত্ব-হিন্দুর প্রকৃত ইতিহাস (hindutẇô-hindur prôkŕtô itihas) and then further popularised by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Equivalent to हिंदू (hindū) + -त्व (-tva).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦɪn.d̪ʊt̪.ʋᵊ/, [ɦɪ̃n̪.d̪ʊt̪.wᵊ]
Noun
हिंदुत्व • (hindutva) m (Urdu spelling ہندوتوا)
- Hindutva
Declension
Declension of हिंदुत्व (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | हिंदुत्व hindutva | हिंदुत्व hindutva |
| oblique | हिंदुत्व hindutva | हिंदुत्वों hindutvõ |
| vocative | हिंदुत्व hindutva | हिंदुत्वो hindutvo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “हिंदुत्व”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press