निहायत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نهایت (nihāyat), from Arabic نِهَايَة (nihāya).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /nɪ.ɦɑː.jət̪/, [nɪ.ɦäː.jɐt̪]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːjət̪
  • Hyphenation: नि‧हा‧यत

Adjective

निहायत • (nihāyat) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نہایت)

  1. extreme, exceeding
    Synonyms: अत्यंत (atyant), इंतहाई (intahāī), बहुत (bahut)
    • 1875, “इंक्रोरी में जाने का हाल [Expedition to Inchrory]”, in Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh, transl., श्रीमती महाराज्ञी इङ्गलैंडेश्वरी क्वीन विक्टोरिया यात्रा (The Queen’s Travels in Scotland and Ireland), Benares: Printed by E.J. Lazarus and Co. at the Medical Hall Press, translation of Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands by Queen Victoria, page 130:
      हम लोग अपने २ टट्टुओं पर सवार हुए ब्रौन साहिब हमारे टट्टू को ग्लासकाइल पहाड़ी पर अद्भुत चाल से ले चले निदान सात बजने के बाद निहायत अंधेरे में गेर्नशील में पहुंचे ।
      ham log apne apne ṭaṭṭuõ par savār hue braun sāhib hamāre ṭaṭṭū ko glāskāil pahāṛī par adbhut cāl se le cale nidān sāt bajne ke bād nihāyat andhere mẽ gernśīl mẽ pahũce .
      [original: We remounted our ponies, and Brown led mine on at an amazing pace up the Glaschoil Hill, and we finally reached Gairn Shiel after seven, quite in the dark.]

Adverb

निहायत • (nihāyat) (Urdu spelling نہایت)

  1. extremely, exceedingly, very much
    Synonyms: अत्यंत (atyant), बहुत (bahut)
    यह उसके साथ निहायत ही ग़लत हुआ।
    yah uske sāth nihāyat hī ġalat huā.
    What happened with him/her was extremely unfair.

References

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