हठ

Braj

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit हठ (haṭha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦəʈʰ/

Noun

हठ (haṭh) m

1. violence, force, oppression

Noun

हठ (haṭh) f

1. obstinacy, insistence, stubbornness

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦəʈʰ/, [ɦɐʈʰ]

Noun

हठ • (haṭh) m

1. stubbornness, obstinacy

   Synonym: ज़िद (zid)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “हठ”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हठ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “हठ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হঠ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬞ (Balinese script)
• হঠ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀞 (Brahmi script)
• ဟဌ (Burmese script)
• હઠ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਠ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌠 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦜ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂘 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಠ (Kannada script)
• ហឋ (Khmer script)
• ຫຐ (Lao script)
• ഹഠ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘙 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐛 (Newa script)
• ହଠ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢝ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆜 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖙 (Siddham script)
• හඨ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩧 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚕 (Takri script)
• ஹட² (Tamil script)
• హఠ (Telugu script)
• หฐ (Thai script)
• ཧ་ཋ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root हठ् (haṭh).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ.ʈʰɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐ.ʈʰɐ/

Noun

हठ • (haṭha) stem, m

1. violence, force
2. obstinacy, pertinacity
3. absolute or inevitable necessity (as the cause of all existence and activity)
4. haṭhayoga
5. oppression
6. rapine
7. going in the rear of an enemy
8. Pistia stratiotes

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हठ (haṭha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हठः haṭhaḥ	हठौ / हठा¹ haṭhau / haṭhā¹	हठाः / हठासः¹ haṭhāḥ / haṭhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	हठ haṭha	हठौ / हठा¹ haṭhau / haṭhā¹	हठाः / हठासः¹ haṭhāḥ / haṭhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	हठम् haṭham	हठौ / हठा¹ haṭhau / haṭhā¹	हठान् haṭhān
Instrumental	हठेन haṭhena	हठाभ्याम् haṭhābhyām	हठैः / हठेभिः¹ haṭhaiḥ / haṭhebhiḥ¹
Dative	हठाय haṭhāya	हठाभ्याम् haṭhābhyām	हठेभ्यः haṭhebhyaḥ
Ablative	हठात् haṭhāt	हठाभ्याम् haṭhābhyām	हठेभ्यः haṭhebhyaḥ
Genitive	हठस्य haṭhasya	हठयोः haṭhayoḥ	हठानाम् haṭhānām
Locative	हठे haṭhe	हठयोः haṭhayoḥ	हठेषु haṭheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: haṭha

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1287.