फ़क़त

See also: फक्त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فقط (faqat), from Arabic فَقَطْ (faqaṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /fə.qət̪/, [fɐ.qɐt̪], /pʰə.kət̪/, [pʰɐ.kɐt̪]

Adverb

फ़क़त • (faqat) (Urdu spelling فَقَط)

1. merely, simply, only

   Synonyms: केवल (keval), बस (bas), मात्र (mātra), सिर्फ़ (sirf)

Noun

फ़क़त • (faqat) m (Urdu spelling فَقَط)

1. end, finish (word used at the end of a document)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “फकत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “फ़क़त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 673
• Platts, John T. (1884) “فقط”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “फ़क़त”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.