इशरत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عشرت (išrat).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɪʃ.ɾət̪/, [ɪʃ.ɾɐt̪]

Noun

इशरत • (iśrat) f (Urdu spelling عشرت)

1. pleasure, enjoyment, delight

Declension

Declension of इशरत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इशरत iśrat	इशरतें iśratẽ
oblique	इशरत iśrat	इशरतों iśratõ
vocative	इशरत iśrat	इशरतो iśrato

Derived terms

• इशरत मनाना (iśrat manānā)
• इशरत-कदा (iśrat-kadā)
• इशरत-ख़ाना (iśrat-xānā)
• इशरत-गाह (iśrat-gāh)

 

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इशरत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ishrat”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.