ठेठ

Haryanvi

Noun

ठेठ (ṭheṭh)

1. to reach on spot upto whole distance

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit स्थेष्ठ (stheṣṭha). Compare Punjabi ਠੇਠ (ṭheṭh) / ٹھیٹھ (ṭheṭh), Gujarati ઠેઠ (ṭheṭh), Marathi थेट (theṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʈʰeːʈʰ/

Adjective

ठेठ • (ṭheṭh) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ٹھیٹھ)

1. genuine, authentic, pure
2. (of languages) unmixed with other languages, pure

   ठेठ हिंदी ― ṭheṭh hindī ― pure Hindi; Hindi without Sanskrit or Perso-Arabic loanwords

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ठेठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sthēṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press