कहावत

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit *कथावार्त्ता (kathāvārttā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.ɦɑː.ʋət̪/, [kɐ.ɦäː.ʋɐt̪]

Noun

कहावत • (kahāvat) f (Urdu spelling کہاوت)

1. proverb, saying, adage

   Synonyms: मसल (masal), लोकोक्ति (lokokti)

Declension

Declension of कहावत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कहावत kahāvat	कहावतें kahāvatẽ
oblique	कहावत kahāvat	कहावतों kahāvatõ
vocative	कहावत kahāvat	कहावतो kahāvato

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कहावत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कहावत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “कहावत”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कहावत”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “कहावत”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• “कहावत”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• “कहावत”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “कहावत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.