اینٹ

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit इष्टका (íṣṭakā, “brick”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hišt- (“brick”), possibly from the BMAC substrate.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ĩːʈ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ĩːʈ/

Noun

اِیْنٹ • (ī̃ṭ) f (Hindi spelling ईंट)

brick
diamond, ingot

References

“اینٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“اینٹ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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