Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic أَوْسَاطًا (ʔawsāṭan), adverbial accusative of وَسَط (wasaṭ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɔːs.t̪ən/, [ɔːs.t̪ɐ̃n]

Adverb edit

औसतन (austan) (Urdu spelling اوساطن or اوساطاً)

  1. on average; usually
    औसतन हर रात यहाँ चार-पांच मछली पकड़ता हूँ।
    austan har rāt yahā̃ cār-pāñc machlī pakaṛtā hū̃.
    On average I catch three or four fish here.