रास्ता

See also: रस्ता

Hindi

Alternative forms

• रस्ता (rastā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian راسته‎ (rāsta). Compare Bengali রাস্তা (rasta), Gujarati રસ્તો (rasto), Kannada ರಸ್ತೆ (raste), Marathi रस्ता (rastā), Odia ରାସ୍ତା (rasta), Punjabi ਰਸਤਾ (rastā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːs.t̪ɑː/, [ɾäːs̪.t̪äː]

Noun

रास्ता • (rāstā) m (Urdu spelling راستہ‎)

1. road, path, street
2. direction
3. way, method

Declension

Declension of रास्ता (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रास्ता rāstā	रास्ते rāste
oblique	रास्ते rāste	रास्तों rāstõ
vocative	रास्ते rāste	रास्तो rāsto

Synonyms

• (path, road): मार्ग (mārg), पथ (path)
• (route, way): राह (rāh)

Derived terms

• रास्ता भूल जाना (rāstā bhūl jānā)

References

• John T. Platts (accessed 07-31-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎^[1]