आखेट

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आखेट (ākheṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kʰeːʈ/, [äː.kʰeːʈ]

Noun

आखेट • (ākheṭ) m (Urdu spelling آکھیٹ)

1. hunting, chase

   Synonyms: मृगया (mŕgyā), शिकार (śikār)

2. fright, terror

Declension

Declension of आखेट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आखेट ākheṭ	आखेट ākheṭ
oblique	आखेट ākheṭ	आखेटों ākheṭõ
vocative	आखेट ākheṭ	आखेटो ākheṭo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आखेट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आखेट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আখেট (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬔᬾᬝ (Balinese script)
• আখেট (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰏𑰸𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀔𑁂𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• အာခေဋ (Burmese script)
• આખેટ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਖੇਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌖𑍇𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦑꦺꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂎𑂵𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಖೇಟ (Kannada script)
• អាខេដ (Khmer script)
• ອາເຂຏ (Lao script)
• ആഖേട (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡘᡝᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘏𑘹𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠻᠧᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦯𑧚𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐏𑐾𑐚 (Newa script)
• ଆଖେଟ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢓꢾꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆒𑆼𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖏𑖸𑖘 (Siddham script)
• ආඛෙට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩝𑩔𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚋𑚲𑚔 (Takri script)
• ஆகே²ட (Tamil script)
• ఆఖేట (Telugu script)
• อาเขฏ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཁེ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒐𑒹𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨌𑨄𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ खेट (kheṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kʰɐj.ʈɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kʰeː.ʈɐ/

Noun

आखेट • (ākheṭa) stem, m

1. chase, hunting

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आखेट

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आखेटः (ākheṭaḥ)	आखेटौ (ākheṭau) आखेटा¹ (ākheṭā¹)	आखेटाः (ākheṭāḥ) आखेटासः¹ (ākheṭāsaḥ¹)
vocative	आखेट (ākheṭa)	आखेटौ (ākheṭau) आखेटा¹ (ākheṭā¹)	आखेटाः (ākheṭāḥ) आखेटासः¹ (ākheṭāsaḥ¹)
accusative	आखेटम् (ākheṭam)	आखेटौ (ākheṭau) आखेटा¹ (ākheṭā¹)	आखेटान् (ākheṭān)
instrumental	आखेटेन (ākheṭena)	आखेटाभ्याम् (ākheṭābhyām)	आखेटैः (ākheṭaiḥ) आखेटेभिः¹ (ākheṭebhiḥ¹)
dative	आखेटाय (ākheṭāya)	आखेटाभ्याम् (ākheṭābhyām)	आखेटेभ्यः (ākheṭebhyaḥ)
ablative	आखेटात् (ākheṭāt)	आखेटाभ्याम् (ākheṭābhyām)	आखेटेभ्यः (ākheṭebhyaḥ)
genitive	आखेटस्य (ākheṭasya)	आखेटयोः (ākheṭayoḥ)	आखेटानाम् (ākheṭānām)
locative	आखेटे (ākheṭe)	आखेटयोः (ākheṭayoḥ)	आखेटेषु (ākheṭeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Hindi: अहेर (aher)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आखेट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 129.