अलबत्ता

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अलबता (albatā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian البته (albatta), from Arabic الْبَتَّةَ (al-battata).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əl.bət̪.t̪ɑː/, [ɐl.bɐt̪̚.t̪äː]

Conjunction

अलबत्ता • (albattā) (Urdu spelling البتہ)

1. however, but

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मगर

References

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