اینٹ
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (iṭṭā), from Sanskrit इष्टा (iṣṭā), related to इष्टका (íṣṭakā, “brick”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ĩːʈ/
Noun
[edit]اِین٘ٹ • (ī̃ṭ) f (Hindi spelling ईंट)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اِین٘ٹ (ī̃ṭ) | اِین٘ٹیں (ī̃ṭẽ) |
| oblique | اِین٘ٹ (ī̃ṭ) | اِین٘ٹوں (ī̃ṭõ) |
| vocative | اِین٘ٹ (ī̃ṭ) | اِین٘ٹو (ī̃ṭo) |
Further reading
[edit]- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “اینٹ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 190
- Platts, John T. (1884), “اينٿ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 115
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اينٹ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 88
- “اینٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- John Shakespear (1834), “اینٹ”, 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 186
- “اینٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.