देहात

See also: देहांत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دهات (dihāt).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪eː.ɦɑːt̪/, [d̪eː.ɦäːt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

देहात • (dehāt) m (Urdu spelling دیہات)

1. village

   Synonyms: गाँव (gā̃v), ग्राम (grām), गँवई (gãvaī)

2. countryside, rural area

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	देहात dehāt	देहात dehāt
oblique	देहात dehāt	देहातों dehātõ
vocative	देहात dehāt	देहातो dehāto

Declension of देहात (masc cons-stem)

Derived terms

• देहातीपन (dehātīpan)

Related terms

• देहाती (dehātī)

Further reading

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