मेहनत
See also: मेहनती
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- मिहनत (mihnat), निशांत (from IIT Ropar)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian محنت (mihnat), from Arabic مِحْنَة (miḥna).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मेहनत • (mehnat) f (Urdu spelling محنت)
Declension edit
Declension of मेहनत (fem cons-stem)
Related terms edit
- मेहनत करना (mehnat karnā)
- मेहनती (mehnatī)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेहनत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian محنت (mihnat), from Arabic مِحْنَة (miḥna). Compare Gujarati મહેનત (mahenat), Punjabi ਮਿਹਨਤ (mihnat) / محنت (mḥnt), Bengali মেহনত (mehonot).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मेहनत • (mehnat) f
Derived terms edit
- मेहनती (mehnatī, “hardworking”)
References edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मेहनत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मेहनत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मेहनत-ती”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).