हिंमत

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian همت (himmat), from Arabic هِمَّة (himma). Compare Gujarati હિંમત (himmat), Hindi हिम्मत (himmat), Punjabi ਹਿੰਮਤ (himmat) / ہِمت (himt).

Noun

हिंमत • (himmat) f

1. courage, guts

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “हिंमत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “हिंमत”, 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) “हिमत_हिम्मत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).