पश्चात्

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पश्चात (paścāt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पश्चात् (paścāt).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pəʃ.t͡ʃɑːt̪/, [pəʃ.t͡ʃäːt̪]

Adverb

पश्चात् • (paścāt)

1. afterwards, then, after

   अनेक व्यक्ति सोचे हैं, मृत्यु के पश्चात् क्या होता है।

   anek vyakti soce ha͠i, mŕtyu ke paścāt kyā hotā hai.

   Many people have thought "what happens after death?"

   Synonyms: बाद (bād), उपरांत (uprānt)

Derived terms

• पश्चात्ताप (paścāttāp)
• के पश्चात् (ke paścāt)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “पश्चात्”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 614

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pasčaH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁, from *pós (“afterwards, behind”). Cognate with Latin post (“afterwards, behind”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀‎ (pasca), Old Persian [Term?] (/pasā/). Related to पश्चा (paścā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐɕ.t͡ɕɑ́ːt/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐɕ.t͡ɕɑːt̪/

Adverb

पश्चात् • (paścā́t)

1. from behind, in the rear, behind, backwards
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. from the west, westward
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
3. after, hereafter, later, at last
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata

Descendants

• → Hindi: पश्चात् (paścāt, “then, next; finally; complete, finished.”)
• → Old Javanese: paścat
  • → Balinese: ᬧᬰ᭄ᬘᬢ (pascat, “perfect”)