पुश्त
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian پشت (pušt), from Proto-Iranian *pr̥štáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥štʰás (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European pr̥-sth₂-ós, from *per- + *steh₂- + *-ós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬀 (paršta), Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭha). Doublet of पृष्ठ (pŕṣṭh)
Noun[edit]
पुश्त • (puśt) f (Urdu spelling پشت)
- the back
- generation, descent, extraction
- rearguard
- back (of a chair)
Declension[edit]
Declension of पुश्त (fem cons-stem)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुश्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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- Hindi terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Hindi terms derived from Classical Persian
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi doublets
- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
- Hindi feminine nouns
- Hindi feminine consonant-stem nouns