हिसाब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حساب (hisāb), from Arabic حِسَاب m (ḥisāb). Compare to Bengali হিসাব (hiśab), Assamese হিচাপ (hisap) and Marathi हिशोब (hiśob).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.sɑːb/, [ɦɪ.säːb]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

हिसाब • (hisāb) m (Urdu spelling حساب)

1. account
2. calculation; arithmetic
3. bill (a list of items needed to paid for)
4. viewpoint, perspective

Declension

Declension of हिसाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हिसाब hisāb	हिसाब hisāb
oblique	हिसाब hisāb	हिसाबों hisābõ
vocative	हिसाब hisāb	हिसाबो hisābo

Derived terms

• हिसाबी (hisābī, “related to accounts, an accountant”)
• हिसाबिया (hisābiyā, “calculating, an accountant”)
• बेहिसाब (behisāb, “innumerable”)
• हिसाब लगाना (hisāb lagānā, “to calculate”)
• हिसाब-किताब (hisāb-kitāb, “accounts, book-keeping”)
• हिसाब करना (hisāb karnā, “to calculate, keep an account”)
• हिसाब चुकाना (hisāb cukānā, “to settle accounts”)

References

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