आपात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आपात (āpāta).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

आपात • (āpāt) m

1. falling down

   Synonym: गिरना (girnā)

2. emergency, crisis

   Synonym: संकट (saṅkaṭ)

   चिकित्सा आपात ― cikitsā āpāt ― medical emergency

Declension

Declension of आपात (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आपात āpāt	आपात āpāt
oblique	आपात āpāt	आपातों āpātõ
vocative	आपात āpāt	आपातो āpāto

Derived terms

• आपातकाल (āpātkāl)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आपात”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press