हिसाब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (hisāb), from Arabic حِسَاب m (ḥisāb). Compare to Bengali হিসাব (hiśab), Assamese হিচাপ (hisap).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.sɑːb/, [ɦɪ.säːb]
Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

हिसाब • (hisāb) m (Urdu spelling حساب)

account
calculation; arithmetic
bill (a list of items needed to paid for)
viewpoint, perspective

Declension

Declension of हिसाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हिसाब hisāb	हिसाब hisāb
oblique	हिसाब hisāb	हिसाबों hisābõ
vocative	हिसाब hisāb	हिसाबो hisābo

Derived terms

हिसाबी (hisābī, “related to accounts, an accountant”)
हिसाबिया (hisābiyā, “calculating, an accountant”)
बेहिसाब (behisāb, “innumerable”)
हिसाब लगाना (hisāb lagānā, “to calculate”)
हिसाब-किताब (hisāb-kitāb, “accounts, book-keeping”)
हिसाब करना (hisāb karnā, “to calculate, keep an account”)
हिसाब चुकाना (hisāb cukānā, “to settle accounts”)

References

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

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