पहाड़

See also: पहाड and पहाड़ी

Hindi

Etymology

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Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa)?

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *पाहाड (pāhāḍa)

Hindi पहाड़

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *पाहाड (pāhāḍa), possibly from Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa). Cognate with Nepali पहाड (pahāḍ), Punjabi ਪਹਾੜ (pahāṛ), Gujarati પહાડ (pahāḍ), Bengali পাহাড় (pahaṛ), Assamese পাহাৰ (pahar), Sylheti ꠙꠣꠀꠠ (faaṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.ɦɑːɽ/, [pɐ.ɦäːɽ]

Noun

पहाड़ • (pahāṛ) m (Urdu spelling پہاڑ)

1. mountain

   Synonyms: पर्वत (parvat), कोह (koh), जबल (jabal)

Declension

Declension of पहाड़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पहाड़ pahāṛ	पहाड़ pahāṛ
oblique	पहाड़ pahāṛ	पहाड़ों pahāṛõ
vocative	पहाड़ pahāṛ	पहाड़ो pahāṛo

Derived terms

• पहाड़ी (pahāṛī)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pāhāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press