गश्त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گشت (gašt).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡəʃt̪/, [ɡɐʃt̪]

Noun

गश्त • (gaśt) f (Urdu spelling گشت)

1. patrol, watch

   अभी कौन इमारत की गश्त लगा रहा है?

   abhī kaun imārat kī gaśt lagā rahā hai?

   Now who's patrolling the building?

Declension

Declension of गश्त (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गश्त gaśt	गश्तें gaśtẽ
oblique	गश्त gaśt	गश्तों gaśtõ
vocative	गश्त gaśt	गश्तो gaśto

References

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