हिमाक़त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاقَة (ḥamāqa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.mɑː.qət̪/, [ɦɪ.mäː.qɐt̪], /ɦɪ.mɑː.kət̪/, [ɦɪ.mäː.kɐt̪]

Noun

हिमाक़त • (himāqat) f (Urdu spelling حماقت)

1. stupidity, idiocy

   Synonyms: बेवक़ूफ़ी (bevqūfī), मूर्खता (mūrkhatā)

Declension

Declension of हिमाक़त (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हिमाक़त himāqat	हिमाक़तें himāqatẽ
oblique	हिमाक़त himāqat	हिमाक़तों himāqatõ
vocative	हिमाक़त himāqat	हिमाक़तो himāqato

References

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