अभ्यर्थी

Hindi

Etymology

From अभि (abhi, “towards”) + अर्थ (artha, “aim, goal”) + -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /əbʱ.jəɾ.t̪ʰiː/, [ɐbʱ.jɐɾ.t̪ʰiː]

Noun

अभ्यर्थी • (abhyarthī) m

1. candidate, applicant, aspirant

   Synonym: प्रत्याशी (pratyāśī)

Declension

Declension of अभ्यर्थी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अभ्यर्थी abhyarthī	अभ्यर्थी abhyarthī
oblique	अभ्यर्थी abhyarthī	अभ्यर्थियों abhyarthiyõ
vocative	अभ्यर्थी abhyarthī	अभ्यर्थियो abhyarthiyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अभ्यर्थी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 284
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अभ्यर्थी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 50
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अभ्यर्थी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 40