बेलचा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بیلچه (bilče), from بیل (bil), from Middle Persian [script needed] (byl /⁠bēl⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /beːl.t͡ʃɑː/, [beːl.t͡ʃäː]

Noun

बेलचा • (belcā) m (Urdu spelling بیلچہ)

1. shovel

   Synonym: (formal) खनित्र (khanitra)

References

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