शुरुआत

Hindi

Alternative forms

• शुरूआत (śurūāt), शुरुवात (śuruvāt), शुरूवात (śurūvāt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شُرُوعَات (šurūʕāt), plural of شُرُوع (šurūʕ). Compare Gujarati શરૂઆત (śarūāta), Marathi सुरवात (survāt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɦʊ.ɾʊ.(ʔ)ɑːt̪/, [sɦʊ.ɾʊ.(ʔ)äːt̪], /sɦʊ.ɾʊ.ɑːt̪/, [sɦʊ.ɾʊ.äːt̪], /sɦʊ.ɾuː.(ʔ)ɑːt̪/, [sɦʊ.ɾuː.(ʔ)äːt̪], /sɦʊ.ɾuː.ɑːt̪/, [sɦʊ.ɾuː.äːt̪], /ʃʊ.ɾʊ.ʋɑːt̪/, [ʃʊ.ɾʊ.ʋäːt̪], /ʃʊ.ɾuː.ʋɑːt̪/, [ʃʊ.ɾuː.ʋäːt̪], /sɦʊ.ɾʊ.wɑːt̪/, [sɦʊ.ɾʊ.wäːt̪], /sɦʊ.ɾuː.wɑːt̪/, [sɦʊ.ɾuː.wäːt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

शुरुआत • (śuruāt) f (Urdu spelling شروعات)

1. beginning, commencement

   Synonyms: आरंभ (ārambh), शुरू (śurū), आग़ाज़ (āġāz), प्रारंभ (prārambh)

2. opening
3. starter, appetizers

Declension

Declension of शुरुआत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शुरुआत śuruāt	शुरुआतें śuruātẽ
oblique	शुरुआत śuruāt	शुरुआतों śuruātõ
vocative	शुरुआत śuruāt	शुरुआतो śuruāto

References

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