आदत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ('ādat), from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda, “habit, custom”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d̪ət̪/, [äː.d̪ɐt̪]

Noun

आदत • (ādat) f (Urdu spelling عادت)

habit
उसे काम को टाल देने की आदत है।
use kām ko ṭāl dene kī ādat hai.
He has a habit of putting off work.

धूम्रपान बहुत बुरी आदत है।
dhūmrapān bahut burī ādat hai.
Smoking is a very bad habit.

Declension

Declension of आदत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आदत ādat	आदतें ādatẽ
oblique	आदत ādat	आदतों ādatõ
vocative	आदत ādat	आदतो ādato

Derived terms

की आदत करना (kī ādat karnā, “to make a habit of”)
आदत पड़ना (ādat paṛnā, “to get used to, be acquired”)

References

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “आदत”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

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