आघात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आघात (āghāta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɡʱɑːt̪/, [äː.ɡʱäːt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

आघात • (āghāt) m (Urdu spelling آگھات)

1. trauma, injury, hurt

   Synonyms: चोट (coṭ), जुर्ह (jurha), ज़रर (zarar)

2. (linguistics) stress

   Synonym: नुक़्ता (nuqtā)

Declension

Declension of आघात (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आघात āghāt	आघात āghāt
oblique	आघात āghāt	आघातों āghātõ
vocative	आघात āghāt	आघातो āghāto

Derived terms

• आघातपूर्ण (āghātpūrṇ, “traumatic, damaging”)
• आघातस्थान (āghātasthān, “slaughterhouse”)
• हृदयाघात (hŕdayāghāt, “heart attack”)

References

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