सवाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سوال (suwāl), variant form of سؤال (su'āl), from Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl). Compare Gujarati સવાલ (savāl), Punjabi ਸਵਾਲ (savāl) / سوال (savāl).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sə.ʋɑːl/, [sɐ.ʋäːl]
  • Hyphenation: स‧वाल
  • Rhymes: -ɑːl

Noun

सवाल • (savāl) m (Urdu spelling سَوال)

  1. question
    Synonym: प्रश्न (praśna)
    Antonym: जवाब (javāb)
    मेरा एक सवाल है। ― merā ek savāl hai. ― I have a question.

Declension
Declension of सवाल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct सवाल
savāl		 सवाल, सवालात
savāl, savālāt
oblique सवाल
savāl		 सवालों, सवालातों
savālõ, savālātõ
vocative सवाल
savāl		 सवालो, सवालातो
savālo, savālāto

Derived terms
  • सवाल करना (savāl karnā, “to question”)

References
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सवाल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 644.
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “सवाल”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 792
  • Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सवाल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 5020
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “सवाल”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 789
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सवाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 996
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “سؤَال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 692
  • “सवाल”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “सवाल”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1114
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