नाश्ता

Hindi

Alternative forms

• नाशिता (nāśitā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ناشتا (nâštâ, nâšetâ), from Sanskrit अनाशित (anāśita, “one who has not eaten, hungry”).

Noun

नाश्ता • (nāśtā) m (Urdu spelling ناشتا)

1. breakfast

   Synonym: कलेवा (kalevā)

References

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

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ناشتا (nâštâ, nâšetâ). Compare Gujarati નાસ્તો (nāsto), Kannada ನಾಷ್ಟಾ (nāṣṭā), Hindi नाश्ता (nāśtā), Rajasthani.

Noun

नाश्ता • (nāśtā) m

1. breakfast

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “नाश्ता”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies