हाथ

See also: हाथी

Garhwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit हस्त (hasta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰós-tos (“hand”), from *ǵʰes-.

Noun

हाथ (hāth)

1. hand

Hindi

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Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha), from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰástas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰós-to- (“hand”), from *ǵʰes-.

Doublet of हस्त (hast), a tatsama, and दस्त (dast), a Perso-Arabic borrowing.

Cognates

Assamese হাত (hat), Bengali হাত (hat), Dhivehi އަތް (at̊), Gujarati હાથ (hāth), Kachchi હથ (hath), Kashmiri اَتھٕ (athụ), Konkani हात (hāt), Marathi हात (hāt), Marwari हाथ (hāth), Malvi हात (hāt), Nimadi हाथ (hāth), Odia ହାତ (hāta), Punjabi ہَتھّ / ਹੱਥ (hattha), Romani vast, Sindhi هَٿُ (hatu), and Sinhalese අත (ata). Wider cognates include Pashto لاس and Persian دست (dast).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɑːt̪ʰ/, [ɦäːt̪ʰ]

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Noun

हाथ • (hāth) m (Urdu spelling ہاتھ)

1. hand

Declension

Declension of हाथ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हाथ hāth	हाथ hāth
oblique	हाथ hāth	हाथों hāthõ
vocative	हाथ hāth	हाथो hātho

Derived terms

• एक हाथ से ताली नहीं बजती (ek hāth se tālī nahī̃ bajtī)
• ख़ाली-हाथ (xālī-hāth, “empty-handed”)
• जलते घर में हाथ सेंकना (jalte ghar mẽ hāth sẽknā)
• फट के हाथ में आना (phaṭ ke hāth mẽ ānā)
• हाथ आज़माना (hāth āzmānā, “to try one's hand”)
• हाथ आना (hāth ānā, “to come to hand”)
• हाथ उठाना (hāth uṭhānā, “to raise one's hand”)
• हाथ का काम (hāth kā kām, “hand-work”)
• हाथ काटना (hāth kāṭnā, “to cut off the hand”)
• हाथ जोड़ना (hāth joṛnā, “to join hands”)
• हाथ मिलाना (hāth milānā, “to shake hands”)
• हाथ में होना (hāth mẽ honā, “to be in control of”)
• हाथ-गाड़ी (hāth-gāṛī, “hand-cart”)

 

Related terms

• हाथा (hāthā, “handle”)
• हाथी (hāthī, “elephant”)
• हथेली (hathelī, “palm”)
• हथियार (hathiyār, “weapon”)
• हथौड़ा (hathauṛā, “hammer”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हाथ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hásta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nimadi

Etymology

From Old Gujarati हाथ (hātha), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha), from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰós-to- (“hand”). Cognate with Marathi हात (hāt).

Noun

हाथ (hāth) m

1. hand

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha), from Sanskrit हस्त (hásta), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰástas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas (“hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰós-to-s, from *ǵʰes-. Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘮𑘞 (hatha), 𑘮𑘰𑘘 (hāṭa), 𑘮𑘰𑘝 (hāta), 𑘮𑘰𑘞 (hātha).

Noun

हाथ • (hātha) m

1. (anatomy) hand

Descendants

• Gujarati: હાથ (hāth)
• Malvi: हात (hāt)
• Nimadi: हाथ (hāth)