ہتھیار

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀭 (hatthiyāra), from Sanskrit *हस्तकार (hastakāra), from हस्त (hásta, “hand”) +‎ कार (kāra, “effort, exertion”). Compare Punjabi ਹਥਿਆਰ (hathiāra) / ہَتھیار (hatheyār), Sindhi هَٿِيارُ / हथिआरु, Gujarati હથિયાર (hathiyār), Marathi हत्यार (hatyār), Bengali হাতিয়ার (hatiẏar), Dhivehi ހަތިޔާރު (hatiyāru).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦə.t̪ʰɪ.jɑːɾ/

Noun

ہَتِھیار • (hathiyār) m (Hindi spelling हथियार)

1. weapon

Declension

Declension of ہتھیار
	singular	plural
direct	ہَتِھیَار (hathiyār)	ہَتِھیَار (hathiyār)
oblique	ہَتِھیَار (hathiyār)	ہَتِھیَاروں (hathiyārõ)
vocative	ہَتِھیَار (hathiyār)	ہَتِھیَارو (hathiyāro)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہتهيار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*hastakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press