अतिशयोक्ति
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अतिशयोक्ति (atiśayokti).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]अतिशयोक्ति • (atiśyokti) m
- exaggeration
- नारायण, नारायण, यह उक्ति सत्य नहीं, किंतु अतिशयोक्ति है।
- nārāyaṇ, nārāyaṇ, yah ukti satya nahī̃, kintu atiśyokti hai.
- Well well, so this is surely not a true statement, but an exaggeration.
Declension
[edit]Declension of अतिशयोक्ति (masc i-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti |
अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti |
oblique | अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti |
अतिशयोक्तियों atiśyoktiyõ |
vocative | अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti |
अतिशयोक्तियो atiśyoktiyo |
References
[edit]McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अतिशयोक्ति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 22