तुरंत

See also: तरति

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit तुरंत (turaṃta), from Sanskrit तुरन्त् (turant, “hurrying, hastening”, present participle of त्वर् (tvar, root)) (compare त्वरन्त् (tvarant)).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊ.ɾənt̪/, [t̪ʊ.ɾɐ̃n̪t̪]

Adverb

तुरंत • (turant) (Urdu spelling تُرَنْت)

1. at once, immediately

   Synonym: त्वरित (tvarit)

   • 2017 May 1, Delhi Press, मनोहर कहानियाँ [Enjoyable stories]: May 2017‎, Delhi Press, page 53:

     मच गया कि दिनदहाड़े एक पुलिस वाले का बेटा अगवा कर लिया गया. मामला खुद के विभाग के मुलाज़िम का था, इसलिए पुलिस तुरंत हरकत में आ गई.

     mac gayā ki dinadhāṛe ek pulis vāle kā beṭā agvā kar liyā gayā. māmlā khud ke vibhāg ke mulāzim kā thā, islie pulis turant harkat mẽ ā gaī.

     It happened that the son of a policeman was kidnapped in broad daylight. The matter was about an employee of their own department, so the police immediately got into action.

Alternative forms

• तुरन्त (turant), तुरत (turat)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तुरंत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2111
• Platts, John T. (1884) “तुरन्त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 320
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तुरंत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 457
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “turant”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 335

Prakrit

Adjective

तुरंत (turaṃta)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀢𑀼𑀭𑀁𑀢 (“quick; hurrying”)