अमानत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian امانت (amānat), from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna). Compare Bengali আমানত (amanot), Punjabi ਅਮਾਨਤ (amānat), Sindhi اَمانَتَ (amānata).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.mɑː.nət̪/, [ɐ.mäː.nɐt̪]

Noun

अमानत • (amānat) f (Urdu spelling امانت)

1. charge, entrusting (the responsibility of taking care of someone or something)

   अमानत में ख़यानत ― amānat mẽ xayānat ― breach in trust; betrayal

Declension

Declension of अमानत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अमानत amānat	अमानतें amānatẽ
oblique	अमानत amānat	अमानतों amānatõ
vocative	अमानत amānat	अमानतो amānato

References

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