किश्त

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɪʃt̪/

Etymology 1

See क़िस्त (qist).

Noun

किश्त • (kiśt) f (Urdu spelling کشت)

1. alternative form of क़िस्त (qist)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian کشت (kišt)

Noun

किश्त • (kiśt) f (Urdu spelling کشت)

1. sown field; tillage
2. checkmate (in chess)

Declension

Declension of किश्त (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	किश्त kiśt	किश्तें kiśtẽ
oblique	किश्त kiśt	किश्तों kiśtõ
vocative	किश्त kiśt	किश्तो kiśto

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “किश्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “किश्त”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House