Hindi

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Etymology

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Compare -आवट (-āvaṭ), both of which may possibly be inherited from Sanskrit -तव्य (-tavya) + -त्व (-tva).[1] Cognate with Punjabi -ਆਹਟ (-āhaṭ), Gujarati -આહટ (-āhaṭ).[2]

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-आहट (-āhaṭ)

  1. forms abstract nouns

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “āwaṭ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “-आहट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press