महताब

Hindi

Alternative forms

• माहताब (māhtāb)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مهتاب (mahtāb).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /məɦ.t̪ɑːb/, [mɛʱ.t̪äːb]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

महताब • (mahtāb) m (Urdu spelling مہتاب)

1. (poetic) moonlight

Declension

Declension of महताब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	महताब mahtāb	महताब mahtāb
oblique	महताब mahtāb	महताबों mahtābõ
vocative	महताब mahtāb	महताबो mahtābo

References

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