अतिशयोक्ति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अतिशयोक्ति (atiśayokti).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.t̪ɪʃ.joːk.t̪iː/, [ɐ.t̪ɪʃ.joːk.t̪iː]
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Noun

अतिशयोक्ति • (atiśyokti) m

  1. exaggeration
    नारायण, नारायण, यह उक्ति सत्य नहीं, किंतु अतिशयोक्ति है।
    nārāyaṇ, nārāyaṇ, yah ukti satya nahī̃, kintu atiśyokti hai.
    Well well, so this is surely not a true statement, but an exaggeration.

Declension
Declension of अतिशयोक्ति (masc i-stem)
singular plural
direct अतिशयोक्ति
atiśyokti		 अतिशयोक्ति
atiśyokti
oblique अतिशयोक्ति
atiśyokti		 अतिशयोक्तियों
atiśyoktiyõ
vocative अतिशयोक्ति
atiśyokti		 अतिशयोक्तियो
atiśyoktiyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अतिशयोक्ति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 22

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