देहात

See also: देहांत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دهات (dihāt).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪eː.ɦɑːt̪/, [d̪eː.ɦäːt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

देहात • (dehāt) m (Urdu spelling دیہات)

1. village

   Synonyms: गाँव (gā̃v), ग्राम (grām), गँवई (gãvaī)

2. countryside, rural area

Declension

Declension of देहात (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	देहात dehāt	देहात dehāt
oblique	देहात dehāt	देहातों dehātõ
vocative	देहात dehāt	देहातो dehāto

Derived terms

• देहातीपन (dehātīpan)

Related terms

• देहाती (dehātī)

Further reading

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