मटरगश्त

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀭 (*maṭṭara)

Hindi मटर (maṭar)?

Proto-Iranian *gártati

Classical Persian گَشْتَن (gaštan)

Classical Persian گَشْت (gašt)bor.

Hindi गश्त (gaśt)?

Hindi मटरगश्त

Uncertain. Perhaps from मटर (maṭar, “pea”) +‎ गश्त (gaśt, “patrol”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.ʈəɾ.ɡəʃt̪/, [mɐ.ʈɐɾ.ɡɐʃt̪]

Noun

मटरगश्त • (maṭargaśt) m or f (Urdu spelling مٹر گَشْت)

1. wandering, ambling

Declension

Declension of मटरगश्त (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मटरगश्त maṭargaśt	मटरगश्तें maṭargaśtẽ
oblique	मटरगश्त maṭargaśt	मटरगश्तों maṭargaśtõ
vocative	मटरगश्त maṭargaśt	मटरगश्तो maṭargaśto

Derived terms

• मटरगश्ती करना (maṭargaśtī karnā, “to wander, to amble”)

References

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