थेट

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्थेष्ठ (stheṣṭha). Cognate with Gujarati ઠેઠ (ṭheṭh), Hindustani ٹھیٹھ (ṭheṭh) / ठेठ (ṭheṭh), Punjabi ਠੇਠ (ṭheṭh) / ٹھیٹھ (ṭheṭh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰeʈ/

Adverb

थेट • (theṭ)

1. directly, without interruption
2. exactly

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “थेट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “थेट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “थेट”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sthēṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press