अतिशयोक्ति
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अतिशयोक्ति (atiśayokti).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
अतिशयोक्ति • (atiśyokti) m
- exaggeration
- नारायण, नारायण, यह उक्ति सत्य नहीं, किंतु अतिशयोक्ति है।
- nārāyaṇ, nārāyaṇ, yah ukti satya nahī̃, kintu atiśyokti hai.
- Well well, so this is surely not a true statement, but an exaggeration.
Declension[edit]
Declension of अतिशयोक्ति (masc i-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti |
अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti |
| oblique | अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti |
अतिशयोक्तियों atiśyoktiyõ |
| vocative | अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti |
अतिशयोक्तियो atiśyoktiyo |
References[edit]
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अतिशयोक्ति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 22