हाथी

See also: हाथ

Hindi

हाथी - Elephant

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (hatthi), from Sanskrit हस्तिन् (hastin). Cognate with Marathi हत्ती (hattī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː.t̪ʰiː/, [ɦäː.t̪ʰiː]

Noun

हाथी • (hāthī) m (feminine हथिनी, Urdu spelling ہاتھی)

1. elephant

   Synonyms: हस्ती (hastī), गज (gaj)

2. (chess) rook or castle

Declension

Declension of हाथी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हाथी hāthī	हाथी hāthī
oblique	हाथी hāthī	हाथियों hāthiyõ
vocative	हाथी hāthī	हाथियो hāthiyo

Descendants

• → English: hathi (obsolete, rare)

See also

Chess pieces in Hindi · शतरंज के मोहरे (śatrañj ke mohre) (layout · text)
राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh) शाह (śāh)	रानी (rānī) वज़ीर (vazīr) मंत्री (mantrī) बेगम (begam) फ़रज़ी (farzī)	हाथी (hāthī) कश्ती (kaśtī) रुख़ (rux)	ऊँट (ū̃ṭ) फ़ील (fīl) पील (pīl)	घोड़ा (ghoṛā)	प्यादा (pyādā) पैदल (paidal) सिपाही (sipāhī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हाथी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “हाथी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “हाथी”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हाथी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hāthī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “हाथी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House