कसौटी
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit कषपट्टिका (kaṣapaṭṭikā), from कष (kaṣa) + पट्टिका (paṭṭikā).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
कसौटी • (kasauṭī) f (Urdu spelling کسوٹی)
- touchstone
- (by extension) test, assessment
Declension edit
Declension of कसौटी (fem ī-stem)
References edit
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कसौटी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कसौटी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaṣapaṭṭikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press