बसीठ

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (vasiṭṭha), from Sanskrit वसिष्ठ (vásiṣṭha, “chief, most excellent, best”).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bə.siːʈʰ/, [bɐ.siːʈʰ]

Noun

बसीठ • (basīṭh) m[1][2][3][4]

  1. (archaic) the main person in a village; village headman

Declension
Declension of बसीठ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct बसीठ
basīṭh		 बसीठ
basīṭh
oblique बसीठ
basīṭh		 बसीठों
basīṭhõ
vocative बसीठ
basīṭh		 बसीठो
basīṭho

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vásiṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. Platts, John T. (1884) “बसीठ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 157
  3. Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बसीठ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  4. McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बसीठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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