दृष्टांत

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दृष्टान्त (dṛṣṭānta, “the end or aim of what is seen”), equivalent to दृष्ट (dŕṣṭ, “seen”) +‎ अंत (ant, “end”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɾɪʂ.ʈɑːnt̪/, [d̪ɾɪʂ.ʈä̃ːn̪t̪]

Noun

दृष्टांत • (dŕṣṭānt) m

1. end of what is seen, example, illustration, instance, precedent, citation

Declension

Declension of दृष्टांत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दृष्टांत dŕṣṭānt	दृष्टांत dŕṣṭānt
oblique	दृष्टांत dŕṣṭānt	दृष्टांतों dŕṣṭāntõ
vocative	दृष्टांत dŕṣṭānt	दृष्टांतो dŕṣṭānto

Related terms

• दार्ष्टांत (dārṣṭānt)

References

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