अंतिमेत्थम्
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- अन्तिमेत्थम् (antimettham)
Etymology
[edit]Came into use during the Second World War.[1] Sanskritic formation from अंतिम (antim, “final”) + इत्थम् (ittham, “thus, in this manner”), a phono-semantic matching of English ultimatum.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ən.t̪ɪ.meːt̪.t̪ʰəm/, [ɐ̃n̪.t̪ɪ.meːt̪̚.t̪ʰɐ̃m]
- Hyphenation: अं‧ति‧मेत्‧थम्, अं‧ति‧मे‧त्थम्
Noun
[edit]अंतिमेत्थम् • (antimettham) m
- (diplomacy) ultimatum
- 1979, Mahendra Kumar Varma, transl., कम्बन्, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, translation of Kamban by S. Maharajan, page 74:
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अंतिमेत्थम् antimettham |
अंतिमेत्थम् antimettham |
| oblique | अंतिमेत्थम् antimettham |
अंतिमेत्थमों antimetthamõ |
| vocative | अंतिमेत्थम् antimettham |
अंतिमेत्थमो antimetthamo |
References
[edit]- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अल्टिमेटम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 334
- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अंतिमेत्थम्”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 32
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