ہاتھ

First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi ہاتھ (hāth) / ہات (hāt) / ہَتھ (hath) / ہَت (hat), inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha), from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰés-to- (“hand”), from *ǵʰes-. Doublet of دَسْت (dast).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɑːt̪ʰ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪ʰ

ہَاتھ • (hāth) m (Hindi spelling हाथ)

1. (anatomy) hand
2. claw (of an animal)
3. (figuratively) source of help
4. (figuratively) help; access
5. (figuratively) force (power; strength, of a nation for instance)
6. (figuratively) intervention
7. (figuratively) contribution

• “ہاتھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ہاتھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہاتهـ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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• S. W. Fallon (1879) “ﮩـاتهـ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1193
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• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hasta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 811