आहट

Hindi

FWOTD – 14 December 2021

Etymology

From Sanskrit आघट्टयति (āghaṭṭayati).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑː.ɦəʈ/, [äː.ɦɐʈ]

Noun

आहट • (āhaṭ) f

  1. sound, quiet noise (of which the source is unknown; usually of footsteps)
    मुझे किसी के चलने की आहट सुनाई दी।
    mujhe kisī ke calne kī āhaṭ sunāī dī.
    I heard the sound of someone walking.
  2. (figuratively) premonition
    • Piyush Dvivedi (2017) “उत्तर कोरिया के मंसूबे खतरनाक, कहीं ये तीसरे विश्वयुद्ध की आहट तो नहीं [The schemes of North Korea are dangerous, are these not the premonitions of a third World War]”, in Jagran
      इन संभावित परिस्थितियों को देखते हुए तीसरे विश्व युद्ध की आहट न महसूस करने का कोई कारण नहीं दिखता।
      in sambhāvit paristhitiyõ ko dekhte hue tīsre viśva yuddh kī āhaṭ na mahsūs karne kā koī kāraṇ nahī̃ dikhtā.
      Seeing these likely circumstances, there is no reason not to feel the premonitions of a third World War.

Declension

References

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