आस-पास का ās-pās kā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · adj. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Adjacent, neighbouring.

Usual translation

  1. neighbouring

Origin of the definition

आस-पास ās-pās [cf. H. pās], adv. 1. round about; near. 2. all around. 3. ppn. w. के. in the vicinity (of), round about; all around. — ~ का, adj. adjacent; neighbouring.

H آس پاس आसपास ās-pās [redupl. of pās = S. पार्श्व], s.m. Vicinity, neighbourhood, proximity; neighbours; companions; — adv. & postpos. Around, about, on every side; in the vicinity (of -ke); near, hard by (syn. ird-gird): — ās-pās-kā, adj. (f. -ī), Adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring; living or being near.

का kā (hindi)

का denotes one of the under-mentioned relations between a Noun or a Pronoun and another Noun which follows the former. If the Noun that follows is Feminine (singular or plural), का changes to की; if it is Masculine and Plural, or has an oblique form, का changes to के.

  • Possession and relationship.
  • Material or composition.
  • Worth and measure (space or time).
  • Source, origin, cause.
  • Subject (doer of an act).
  • Object (of an activity).
  • Part of a whole.
  • Purpose.
  • Characteristic.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)
Created
Sunday 5 May 2024
Updated
Sunday 5 May 2024