गिरफ़्त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گرفت (girift, “arrested, captured”).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡɪ.ɾəft̪/, [ɡɪ.ɾɐft̪], /ɡɪ.ɾəpʰt̪/, [ɡɪ.ɾɐpʰt̪]

Noun

गिरफ़्त • (giraft) f (Urdu spelling گرفت)

  1. custody
    Synonym: पकड़ (pakaṛ)
    गिरफ़्त में लेना ― giraft mẽ lenā ― to take into custody
  2. seizure, taking
    Synonym: क़ब्ज़ा (qabzā)

Declension
Declension of गिरफ़्त (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct गिरफ़्त
giraft		 गिरफ़्तें
giraftẽ
oblique गिरफ़्त
giraft		 गिरफ़्तों
giraftõ
vocative गिरफ़्त
giraft		 गिरफ़्तो
girafto

See also
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