ईंट
Hindi
FWOTD – 20 January 2019
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit इष्टका (íṣṭakā, “brick”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hišt- (“brick”), possibly from the BMAC substrate. Cognate with Punjabi ਇੱਟ (iṭṭa) / اِٹّ (iṭṭ), Gujarati ઈંટ (ī̃ṭa), Marathi वीट (vīṭ), Bāŋlā ইট (iṭ), Ōṛiā ଇଟା (iṭā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ĩːʈ/
Noun
ईंट • (ī̃ṭ) f (Urdu spelling اِین٘ٹ)
- brick
- The Bible, Ezekiel 4:1:
- तू एक ईंट ले और उसे अपने साम्हने रख कर उस पर एक नगर, अर्थात यरूशलेम का चित्र खींच
- tū ek ī̃ṭ le aur use apne sāmhane rakh kar us par ek nagar, arthāt yarūślem kā citra khīñc
- take a brick and place it in front of you so as to trace the outline of the city of Jerusalem
- तू एक ईंट ले और उसे अपने साम्हने रख कर उस पर एक नगर, अर्थात यरूशलेम का चित्र खींच
- (card games) diamond
Declension
Declension of ईंट (fem cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ईंट ī̃ṭ |
ईंटें ī̃ṭẽ |
| oblique | ईंट ī̃ṭ |
ईंटों ī̃ṭõ |
| vocative | ईंट ī̃ṭ |
ईंटो ī̃ṭo |
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References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “īṁṭ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “íṣṭakā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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