बातचीत

Hindi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Sanskrit वृत् (vṛt)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Sanskrit -ति (-ti)

Sanskrit वृत्ति (vṛtti)

Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā)

Hindi बात (bāt)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-Iranian *čítˢtiš

Sanskrit चित्ति (citti)

Hindi बातचीत (bātcīt)

Compound of बात (bāt, “talk, matter”) +‎ *चीत (*cīt), a term found only in this compound, from Prakrit 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (citti), from Sanskrit चित्ति (citti, “thought”). Cognate to Gujarati વાતચીત (vātcīt).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɑːt̪.t͡ʃiːt̪/, [bäːt̚.t͡ʃiːt̪]

Noun

बातचीत • (bātcīt) f (Urdu spelling باتچیت)

1. conversation
2. dialogue
3. talk

   Synonym: गुफ़्तगू (guftagū)

Declension

Declension of बातचीत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बातचीत bātcīt	बातचीतें bātcītẽ
oblique	बातचीत bātcīt	बातचीतों bātcītõ
vocative	बातचीत bātcīt	बातचीतो bātcīto

Derived terms

• बातचीत करना (bātcīt karnā)

References

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