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امرت

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta).[1][2] First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi امرت (amrt).[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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اَمْرِت • (amrit) m (Hindi spelling अमृत)

  1. nectar or elixir of life

Declension

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Declension of امرت
singular plural
direct اَمْرِت (amrit) اَمْرِت (amrit)
oblique اَمْرِت (amrit) اَمْرِتوں (amritõ)
vocative اَمْرِت (amrit) اَمْرِتو (amrito)

References

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  1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “امرت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 81
  2. ^ John Shakespear (1834), “امرت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 138
  3. ^ “امرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

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  • “امرت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “امرت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “امرت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 137