कसौटी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कषपट्टिका (kaṣapaṭṭikā), from कष (kaṣa) +‎ पट्टिका (paṭṭikā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.sɔː.ʈiː/, [kɐ.sɔː.ʈiː]

Noun

कसौटी • (kasauṭī) f (Urdu spelling کسوٹی)

1. touchstone
2. (by extension) test, assessment

Declension

Declension of कसौटी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कसौटी kasauṭī	कसौटियाँ kasauṭiyā̃
oblique	कसौटी kasauṭī	कसौटियों kasauṭiyõ
vocative	कसौटी kasauṭī	कसौटियो kasauṭiyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कसौटी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कसौटी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaṣapaṭṭikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press