शिद्दत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شدت (šiddat), from Arabic شِدَّة (šidda).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪd̪.d̪ət̪/, [ʃɪd̪̚.d̪ɐt̪]

Noun

शिद्दत • (śiddat) f (Urdu spelling شدت)

1. severity, rigour; intensity, harshness
   • Brij Narayan Chakbast, रामायण का एक सीन:

     देखा तो एक दर में है बैठी वो ख़स्ताहाल
     सकता सा हो गया है ये है शिद्दत-ए-मलाल

     dekhā to ek dar mẽ hai baiṭhī vo xastāhāl
     saktā sā ho gayā hai ye hai śiddat-e-malāl

     Sighted her to be sitting on a threshold so miserably
     He was dazed— this is the intensity of remorse

Declension

Declension of शिद्दत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शिद्दत śiddat	शिद्दतें śiddatẽ
oblique	शिद्दत śiddat	शिद्दतों śiddatõ
vocative	शिद्दत śiddat	शिद्दतो śiddato

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शिद्दत”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शिद्दत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शिद्दत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “shiddat”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.