सैलाब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (saylāb). By surface analysis, सैल (sail, “deluge, torrent”) +‎ आब (āb, “water”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɛː.lɑːb/, [sɛː.läːb]
Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

सैलाब • (sailāb) m (Urdu spelling سیلاب)

flood
Synonym: बाढ़ (bāṛh)

Declension

Declension of सैलाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सैलाब sailāb	सैलाब sailāb
oblique	सैलाब sailāb	सैलाबों sailābõ
vocative	सैलाब sailāb	सैलाबो sailābo

References

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

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