शुरुआत

Hindi

Alternative forms

शुरुवात (śuruvāt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شُرُوعَات (šurūʕāt), plural of شُرُو (šurū). Compare Gujarati શરૂઆત (śarūāta), Marathi सुरवात (survāt).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃʊ.ɾʊ.ɑːt̪/, [ʃʊ.ɾʊ.äːt̪], /ʃʊɾ.ʋɑːt̪/, [ʃʊɾ.ʋäːt̪]
Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

शुरुआत • (śuruāt) f (Urdu spelling شروعات)

beginning, commencement
Synonyms: आरंभ (ārambh), शुरू (śurū), आग़ाज़ (āġāz), प्रारंभ (prārambh)
opening
starter, appetizers

Declension

Declension of शुरुआत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शुरुआत śuruāt	शुरुआतें śuruātẽ
oblique	शुरुआत śuruāt	शुरुआतों śuruātõ
vocative	शुरुआत śuruāt	शुरुआतो śuruāto

References

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

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