पहचान

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Hindi पहिचान (pahicāna), from Sanskrit प्रत्यभिज्ञान (pratyabhijñāna).[1] Related to पहचानना (pahcānnā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pəɦ.t͡ʃɑːn/, [pɛʱ.t͡ʃä̃ːn]

Noun[edit]

पहचान (pahcānf (Urdu spelling پہچان)

  1. recognition, identification
  2. identity

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 223