सैलाब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سیلاب (saylāb). By surface analysis, सैल (sail, “deluge, torrent”) +‎ आब (āb, “water”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sɛː.lɑːb/, [sɛː.läːb]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

सैलाब • (sailāb) m (Urdu spelling سیلاب)

1. flood

   Synonym: बाढ़ (bāṛh)

Declension

Declension of सैलाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सैलाब sailāb	सैलाब sailāb
oblique	सैलाब sailāb	सैलाबों sailābõ
vocative	सैलाब sailāb	सैलाबो sailābo

References

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