क़ुव्वत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (quwwat), from Arabic قُوَّة (quwwa). Compare Gujarati કુવ્વત (kuvvat), કૌવત (kauvat), Marathi कुवत (kuvat).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qʊʋ.ʋət̪/, [qʊʋ.ʋɐt̪], /kʊʋ.ʋət̪/, [kʊʋ.ʋɐt̪]

Noun

क़ुव्वत • (quvvat) f (Urdu spelling قوت)

strength
power
force
Synonym: शक्ति (śakti)

Declension

Declension of क़ुव्वत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़ुव्वत quvvat	क़ुव्वतें quvvatẽ
oblique	क़ुव्वत quvvat	क़ुव्वतों quvvatõ
vocative	क़ुव्वत quvvat	क़ुव्वतो quvvato

References

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.