हाथ

See also: हाथी

Garhwali

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas

Sanskrit हस्त (hasta)

Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha)

Garhwali हाथ (hāth)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha), from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-.

Noun

हाथ (hāth)

1. hand

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas

Sanskrit हस्त (hasta)

Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha)

Hindi हाथ (hāth)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha), from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-.

Doublet of हस्त (hast), a tatsama, and दस्त (dast), a Perso-Arabic borrowing. Cognate with Punjabi ہَتھّ / ਹੱਥ (hattha). Wider cognates include Pashto لاس (lâs), Persian دست (dast).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɑːt̪ʰ/, [ɦäːt̪ʰ]

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Noun

हाथ • (hāth) m (Urdu spelling ہاتھ)

1. hand

Declension

Declension of हाथ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हाथ hāth	हाथ hāth
oblique	हाथ hāth	हाथों hāthõ
vocative	हाथ hāth	हाथो hātho

Derived terms

• एक हाथ से ताली नहीं बजती (ek hāth se tālī nahī̃ bajtī)
• ख़ाली-हाथ (xālī-hāth, “empty-handed”)
• जलते घर में हाथ सेंकना (jalte ghar mẽ hāth sẽknā)
• फट के हाथ में आना (phaṭ ke hāth mẽ ānā)
• हाथ आज़माना (hāth āzmānā, “to try one's hand”)
• हाथ आना (hāth ānā, “to come to hand”)
• हाथ उठाना (hāth uṭhānā, “to raise one's hand”)
• हाथ का काम (hāth kā kām, “hand-work”)
• हाथ काटना (hāth kāṭnā, “to cut off the hand”)
• हाथ जोड़ना (hāth joṛnā, “to join hands”)
• हाथ मिलाना (hāth milānā, “to shake hands”)
• हाथ में होना (hāth mẽ honā, “to be in control of”)
• हाथ-गाड़ी (hāth-gāṛī, “hand-cart”)

Related terms

• हाथा (hāthā, “handle”)
• हाथी (hāthī, “elephant”)
• हथेली (hathelī, “palm”)
• हथियार (hathiyār, “weapon”)
• हथौड़ा (hathauṛā, “hammer”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हाथ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hásta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nimadi

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas

Sanskrit हस्त (hasta)

Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha)

Old Gujarati हाथ (hātha)

Nimadi हाथ (hāth)

Inherited from Old Gujarati हाथ (hātha), from Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha), from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-.

Noun

हाथ (hāth) m

1. hand

Old Gujarati

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas

Sanskrit हस्त (hasta)

Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha)

Old Gujarati हाथ (hātha)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha), from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-. Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘮𑘞 (hatha), 𑘮𑘰𑘘 (hāṭa), 𑘮𑘰𑘝 (hāta), 𑘮𑘰𑘞 (hātha).

Noun

हाथ • (hātha) m

1. (anatomy) hand

Descendants

• Gujarati: હાથ (hāth)
• Malvi: हात (hāt)
• Nimadi: हाथ (hāth)