ताबड़तोड़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• ताबड़-तोड़ (tābaṛ-toṛ)

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.bəɽ.t̪oːɽ/, [t̪äː.bɐɽ.t̪oːɽ]
• Rhymes: -oːɽ

Adverb

ताबड़तोड़ • (tābaṛtoṛ) (Urdu spelling تابَڑتوڑ)

1. in quick succession
2. nonstop, incessantly
3. in confusion, helter-skelter
4. forthwith, straight away

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ताबड़तोड़”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2057
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ताबड़-तोड़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 448
• Platts, John T. (1884) “تابڙتوڙ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 303
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ताबड़तोड़”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 286