तहत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَحْت (taḥt, “that which is below”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɦət̪/, [t̪ɛ.ɦɛt̪]

Noun

तहत • (tahat) m (Urdu spelling تحت)

1. authority, control, power

   Synonym: अधिकार (adhikār)

   इस कारख़ाने को सरकार के तहत में ले आएंगे।

   is kārxāne ko sarkār ke tahat mẽ le āeṅge.

   We will bring this factory under government authority.

Declension

Declension of तहत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तहत tahat	तहत tahat
oblique	तहत tahat	तहतों tahatõ
vocative	तहत tahat	तहतो tahato

Derived terms

• के तहत (ke tahat)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “तहत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 442