तालाब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تالاب (tālāb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.lɑːb/, [t̪äː.läːb]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

तालाब • (tālāb) m (Urdu spelling تالاب)

1. pond, small lake

   तालाब गहरा नहीं था, इसीलिए तुमको उसमें कूदकर चोट लगी।

   tālāb gahrā nahī̃ thā, isīlie tumko usmẽ kūdkar coṭ lagī.

   The pond wasn't deep, that's why you hurt yourself by jumping in it.

Declension

Declension of तालाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तालाब tālāb	तालाब tālāb
oblique	तालाब tālāb	तालाबों tālābõ
vocative	तालाब tālāb	तालाबो tālābo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “तालाब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 450