ईंट

Hindi

FWOTD – 20 January 2019

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (iṭṭā), from Sanskrit *इष्टा (*iṣṭā), an unsuffixed form of Sanskrit इष्टका (íṣṭakā, “brick”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hišt- (“brick”), possibly from the BMAC substrate. Cognate with Punjabi ਇੱਟ (iṭṭa) / اِٹّ (īṭṭ), Gujarati ઈંટ (ī̃ṭa), Marathi वीट (vīṭ), Bengali ইট (iṭ), and Odia ଇଟା (iṭā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ĩːʈ/

Noun

ईंट • (ī̃ṭ) f (Urdu spelling اِین٘ٹ)

1. brick
   • The Bible, Ezekiel 4:1:

     तू एक ईंट ले और उसे अपने साम्हने रख कर उस पर एक नगर, अर्थात यरूशलेम का चित्र खींच

     tū ek ī̃ṭ le aur use apne sāmhane rakh kar us par ek nagar, arthāt yarūślem kā citra khī̃c

     take a brick and place it in front of you so as to trace the outline of the city of Jerusalem

2. (card games) diamond

Declension

Declension of ईंट (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ईंट ī̃ṭ	ईंटें ī̃ṭẽ
oblique	ईंट ī̃ṭ	ईंटों ī̃ṭõ
vocative	ईंट ī̃ṭ	ईंटो ī̃ṭo

See also

Suits in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)
पान (pān)	ईंट (ī̃ṭ)	हुक्म (hukm)	चिड़ी (ciṛī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “īṁṭ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “íṣṭakā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press