-त्व

See also: त्व

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit -त्व (-tva).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ʋ/

Suffix

-त्व • (-tva)

forms abstract nouns from Sanskrit-borrowed words
गुरु (guru, “heavy, weighty”) + ‎-त्व (-tva) → ‎गुरुत्व (gurutva, “gravity; heft”)

Derived terms

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References

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

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t̪ʋɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /t̪ʋɐ/

Suffix

-त्व • (-tva) n

forms abstract nouns

Derived terms

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