मेहनत
See also: मेहनती
Hindi
Alternative forms
- मिहनत (mihnat)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian محنت (mehnat), from Arabic مِحْنَة (miḥna).
Pronunciation
Noun
मेहनत • (mehnat) f (Urdu spelling محنت)
- effort, labour
- (deprecated template usage) पैसा है मेहनत का फल। ― paisā hai mehnat kā phal. ― Money is the result of effort.
Related terms
- मेहनत करना (mehnat karnā)
- मेहनती (mehantī)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेहनत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian محنت (mehnat), from Arabic مِحْنَة (miḥna). Compare Gujarati મહેનત (mahenat), Punjabi ਮਿਹਨਤ (mihnat) / محنت (mḥnt), Bengali মেহনত (mehonot).
Noun
मेहनत • (mehnat) f
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मेहनत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मेहनत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मेहनत-ती”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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