अतिशयोक्ति

Hindi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अतिशयोक्ति (atiśayokti).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.t̪ɪʃ.joːk.t̪iː/, [ɐ.t̪ɪʃ.joːk.t̪iː]
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Noun

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अतिशयोक्ति (atiśyoktim

  1. exaggeration
    नारायण, नारायण, यह उक्ति सत्य नहीं, किंतु अतिशयोक्ति है।
    nārāyaṇ, nārāyaṇ, yah ukti satya nahī̃, kintu atiśyokti hai.
    Well well, so this is surely not a true statement, but an exaggeration.

Declension

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References

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McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अतिशयोक्ति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 22