पश्चात्

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Hindi[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit पश्चात् (paścāt).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

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)

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Sanskrit[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Adverb[edit]

पश्चात् (paścā́t)

  1. from behind, in the rear, behind, backwards
  2. from the west, westward
  3. after, hereafter, later, at last

Descendants[edit]

  • Hindi: पश्चात् (paścāt, then, next; finally; complete, finished.)
  • Old Javanese: paścat