आदत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عادت ('ādat), from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda, “habit, custom”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d̪ət̪/, [äː.d̪ɐt̪]

Noun

आदत • (ādat) f (Urdu spelling عادت)

1. habit

   उसे काम को टाल देने की आदत है।

   use kām ko ṭāl dene kī ādat hai.

   He has a habit of putting off work.

   धूम्रपान बहुत बुरी आदत है।

   dhūmrapān bahut burī ādat hai.

   Smoking is a very bad habit.

Declension

Declension of आदत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आदत ādat	आदतें ādatẽ
oblique	आदत ādat	आदतों ādatõ
vocative	आदत ādat	आदतो ādato

Derived terms

• की आदत करना (kī ādat karnā, “to make a habit of”)
• आदत पड़ना (ādat paṛnā, “to get used to, be acquired”)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “आदत”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.