रहट

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अरहट (arhaṭ), रहंट्ट (rahaṇṭṭ), रहँट (rahãṭ), रेंट (rẽṭ), राँटा (rā̃ṭā)

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝 (rahaṭṭa), 𑀅𑀭𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝 (arahaṭṭa), from Sanskrit अरघट्ट (araghaṭṭa, “wheel for raising water”).

Compare Kashmiri अर्हठ् (arhaṭh) Punjabi ਚੁਹਰ੍ਹਟਾ (cuhrhaṭā), Nepali रोहोटे (rohoṭe), Odia ଅରଟ (ôrôṭô), Bihari रहटा, Maithili रहट (rahaṭ), Awadhi रँहटा (rãhaṭā), Old Gujarati अरहट (arahaṭa), Gujarati રહેંટ (rahẽṭ) and Marathi रहाट (rahāṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾə.ɦəʈ/, [ɾɛ.ɦɛʈ]
• Rhymes: -əʈ

Noun

रहट • (rahaṭ) m (Urdu spelling رَہَٹ)

1. a Persian wheel (for drawing water out of a well)

   Synonyms: अरघट्ट (arghaṭṭ), कूपचक्र (kūpcakra), कूपयंत्र (kūpyantra)

2. succession, series, continuation

Declension

Declension of रहट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रहट rahaṭ	रहट rahaṭ
oblique	रहट rahaṭ	रहटों rahaṭõ
vocative	रहट rahaṭ	रहटो rahaṭo

Derived terms

• रहट लगाना (rahaṭ lagānā)
• रहटा (rahṭā)
  • रहटी (rahṭī)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “रहँट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4140
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रहँट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 857
• Platts, John T. (1884) “रहट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 609
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “रहट”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 719
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “araghaṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 27