इतिहास

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इतिहास (itihāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɪ.t̪ɪ.ɦɑːs/, [ɪ.t̪ɪ.ɦäːs]

Noun

इतिहास • (itihās) m (Urdu spelling اتہاس)

1. history

   (deprecated template usage)

   इतिहास के विभाग में पाँच व्याख्याता हैं।

   itihās ke vibhāg mẽ pā̃c vyākhyātā ha͠i.

   There are five lecturers in the history department.

   (deprecated template usage) इतिहास दोहराता है। ― itihās dohrātā hai. ― History repeats [itself].

Declension

Declension of इतिहास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इतिहास itihās	इतिहास itihās
oblique	इतिहास itihās	इतिहासों itihāsõ
vocative	इतिहास itihās	इतिहासो itihāso

Related terms

• ऐतिहासिक (aitihāsik)

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “इतिहास”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

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Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इतिहास (itihāsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [it̪i(ɦ)äs]
• Phonetic Devanagari: इतिहास्

Noun

इतिहास • (itihās)

1. history

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• itihāsa (Latin script)
• 𑀇𑀢𑀺𑀳𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ইতিহাস (Bengali script)
• ඉතිහාස (Sinhalese script)
• ဣတိဟာသ or ဢိတိႁႃသ (Burmese script)
• อิติหาส or อิติหาสะ (Thai script)
• ᩍᨲᩥᩉᩣᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິຕິຫາສ or ອິຕິຫາສະ (Lao script)
• ឥតិហាស (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄨𑄖𑄨𑄦𑄂𑄥 (Chakma script)

Noun

इतिहास m

1. Devanagari script form of itihāsa (“history”)

Declension

Declension table of "इतिहास" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	इतिहासो (itihāso)	इतिहासा (itihāsā)
Accusative (second)	इतिहासं (itihāsaṃ)	इतिहासे (itihāse)
Instrumental (third)	इतिहासेन (itihāsena)	इतिहासेहि (itihāsehi) or इतिहासेभि (itihāsebhi)
Dative (fourth)	इतिहासस्स (itihāsassa) or इतिहासाय (itihāsāya) or इतिहासत्थं (itihāsatthaṃ)	इतिहासानं (itihāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	इतिहासस्मा (itihāsasmā) or इतिहासम्हा (itihāsamhā) or इतिहासा (itihāsā)	इतिहासेहि (itihāsehi) or इतिहासेभि (itihāsebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	इतिहासस्स (itihāsassa)	इतिहासानं (itihāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	इतिहासस्मिं (itihāsasmiṃ) or इतिहासम्हि (itihāsamhi) or इतिहासे (itihāse)	इतिहासेसु (itihāsesu)
Vocative (calling)	इतिहास (itihāsa)	इतिहासा (itihāsā)

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Sanskrit

FWOTD – 3 August 2022

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ইতিহাস (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬢᬶᬳᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• ইতিহাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰝𑰰𑰮𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀢𑀺𑀳𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ဣတိဟာသ (Burmese script)
• ઇતિહાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਇਤਿਹਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌤𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦠꦶꦲꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂞𑂱𑂯𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಇತಿಹಾಸ (Kannada script)
• ឥតិហាស (Khmer script)
• ອິຕິຫາສ (Lao script)
• ഇതിഹാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᢠᡳᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘝𑘱𑘮𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠢᢐᠢᠾᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑦽𑧒𑧎𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐟𑐶𑐴𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ଇତିହାସ (Odia script)
• ꢄꢡꢶꢲꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆠𑆴𑆲𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖝𑖰𑖮𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• ඉතිහාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩫𑩑𑪂𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚙𑚮𑚩𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• இதிஹாஸ (Tamil script)
• ఇతిహాస (Telugu script)
• อิติหาส (Thai script)
• ཨི་ཏི་ཧཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒞𑒱𑒯𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨙𑨁𑨱𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From इति (iti, “thus; so; like that”, quotative particle) +‎ ह (ha, intensifying particle) +‎ आस (āsa, “was”, first/third person perfective), from the root अस् (as, “to be”). Literally, "so it has been; it was exactly as narrated."

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /i.ti.ɦɑː.sɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /i.t̪iˈɦɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

इतिहास • (itihāsá) stem, m

1. legend; tradition; traditional account of history; story
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 15.6.4:

     स॒ बृहतीं॒ दि॒शम् अ॒नु व्य् अ॑चलत् ।
     त॒म् इतिहास॒श् च पुराणं॒ च गा॒थाश् च नाराशंसी॒श् चानुव्य॑चलन् ।
     इतिहास॒स्य च वै॒ स॒ पुराण॒स्य च गा॒थानां च नाराशंसी॒नां च प्रियं॒ धा॒म भवति य॒ एवं॒ वे॒द ॥

     sa bṛ́hátīṃ diśám anú vy acalat.
     tam ítíhā́saś cá púrā́ṇaṃ cá gāthā́ś cá nā́rā́śaṃsīś cā́núvyacalan.
     ítíhā́sasyá cá vai sa púrā́ṇasyá cá gāthā́nā́ṃ cá nā́rāśaṃsīnā́ṃ cá príyaṃ dhāmá bhávátí ya évaṃ vedá.

     • 1905 translation by W. D. Whitney

       He moved out toward the great quarter; after him moved out both the itihāsá ('narrative') and the purāṇá ('stories of eld') and the gā́thās ('songs') and nārāçaṅcī́s ('eulogies'). Verily both of the itihāsá and of the purāṇá and of the gā́thās and of the nārāçaṅcī́s doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.

2. heroic legend; epic

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of इतिहास (itihāsá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	इतिहासः itihāsáḥ	इतिहासौ / इतिहासा¹ itihāsaú / itihāsā́¹	इतिहासाः / इतिहासासः¹ itihāsā́ḥ / itihāsā́saḥ¹
Vocative	इतिहास ítihāsa	इतिहासौ / इतिहासा¹ ítihāsau / ítihāsā¹	इतिहासाः / इतिहासासः¹ ítihāsāḥ / ítihāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	इतिहासम् itihāsám	इतिहासौ / इतिहासा¹ itihāsaú / itihāsā́¹	इतिहासान् itihāsā́n
Instrumental	इतिहासेन itihāséna	इतिहासाभ्याम् itihāsā́bhyām	इतिहासैः / इतिहासेभिः¹ itihāsaíḥ / itihāsébhiḥ¹
Dative	इतिहासाय itihāsā́ya	इतिहासाभ्याम् itihāsā́bhyām	इतिहासेभ्यः itihāsébhyaḥ
Ablative	इतिहासात् itihāsā́t	इतिहासाभ्याम् itihāsā́bhyām	इतिहासेभ्यः itihāsébhyaḥ
Genitive	इतिहासस्य itihāsásya	इतिहासयोः itihāsáyoḥ	इतिहासानाम् itihāsā́nām
Locative	इतिहासे itihāsé	इतिहासयोः itihāsáyoḥ	इतिहासेषु itihāséṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• ऐतिहासिक (aitihāsika)

Descendants

• → Assamese: ইতিহাস (itihax)
• → Bengali: ইতিহাস (itihaś)
• → Gujarati: ઇતિહાસ (itihās)
• → Hindi: इतिहास (itihās)
• → Kannada: ಇತಿಹಾಸ (itihāsa)
• → Khmer: ឥតិហាស (ʼetehaah)
• → Marathi: इतिहास (itihās)

• → Nepali: इतिहास (itihās)
• → Newar: इतिहास (itihāsa)
• → Pali: itihāsa
• → Rajasthani: इतियास (itiyās)
• → Tamil: இதிகாசம் (itikācam)
• → Telugu: ఇతిహాసము (itihāsamu)
• → Urdu: اتہاس (itihās)
• → Vaghri: ઇતિહાસ (itihās) (learned)

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “इतिहासः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 382
• “इतिहास॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 74, column 1.
• Monier Williams (1899) “Iti-hâsa”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 165/2.