इस्पात

See also: इसपात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɪs.pɑːt̪/, [ɪs.päːt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

इस्पात • (ispāt) m (Urdu spelling اسپات)

1. steel

Declension

Declension of इस्पात (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इस्पात ispāt	इस्पात ispāt
oblique	इस्पात ispāt	इस्पातों ispātõ
vocative	इस्पात ispāt	इस्पातो ispāto

Synonyms

• लोह (loh)
• फ़ूलाद (fūlād)

Descendants

• →? Assamese: ইস্পাত (ispat)
• → Punjabi: ispāt

  Gurmukhi script: ਇਸਪਾਤ

  Shahmukhi script: اسپات

Further reading

• Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 149, column 2