ठेठ

Hindi

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit स्थेष्ठ (stheṣṭha). Compare Punjabi ਠੇਠ (ṭheṭh)/ٹھیٹھ‎ (ṭhaeṭh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʈʰeːʈʰ/

Adjective

ठेठ • (ṭheṭh)

genuine, authentic, pure
(of languages) unmixed with other languages, pure
ठेठ हिंदी ― ṭheṭh hindī ― pure Hindi; Hindi without Sanskrit or Perso-Arabic loanwords

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ठेठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sthēṣṭha (13778)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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