हयात

Hindi

Alternative forms

ह़यात (ḥayāt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (hayāt), from Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh). First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi حیات (ḥyat /⁠hayāt⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.jɑːt̪/, [ɦɐ.jäːt̪]
Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

हयात • (hayāt) f (Urdu spelling حیات)

(poetic) life
Synonyms: जीवन (jīvan), ज़िंदगी (zindgī), जान (jān)

Declension

Declension of *हयात* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	हयात hayāt	हयातें hayātẽ
oblique	हयात hayāt	हयातों hayātõ
vocative	हयात hayāt	हयातो hayāto

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (hayāt), from Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɦə.jat̪/
Hyphenation: ह‧यात
Rhymes: -at̪

Adjective

हयात • (hayāt) (indeclinable)

alive, living
Synonyms: जिवंत (jivanta) (most common), जिते (jite)

ती अद्याप हयात आहे. ― tī adyāp hayāt āhe. ― She is still alive.

Noun

हयात • (hayāt) f

lifetime
त्याची हयात फार कष्टाची होती.
tyācī hayāt phār kaṣṭācī hotī.
His lifetime was full of hardship.

References

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “हयात”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies