امرت
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta).[1][2] First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi امرت (amrt).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /əm.ɾɪt̪/
- (historical) IPA(key): /ɪm.ɾɪt̪/
- (colloquial, Punjabic Urdu) IPA(key): [əm.ɾət̪]
- Rhymes: -ət̪, -ɪt̪
- Hyphenation: اَم‧رِت
Noun
[edit]اَمْرِت • (amrit) m (Hindi spelling अमृत)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اَمْرِت (amrit) | اَمْرِت (amrit) |
| oblique | اَمْرِت (amrit) | اَمْرِتوں (amritõ) |
| vocative | اَمْرِت (amrit) | اَمْرِتو (amrito) |
References
[edit]- ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “امرت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 81
- ^ 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
- ^ “امرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Further reading
[edit]- “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
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