Onomatopoeia in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “onomatopoeia” in Hindi is ध्वनि अनुकरणात्मक शब्द, pronounced dhvani anukaraNatmak shabd — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
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Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
Proto-Hellenic *ónomə
Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă)
Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-der.
Proto-Hellenic *kʷoiwéyō
Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō)
Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιός (onomătopoiós)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ (onomătopoiĭ́ā)der.
Latin onomatopoeïabor.
English onomatopoeia
Borrowed from Latin onomatopoeïa, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía, “the coining of a word in imitation of a sound”), from ὀνοματοποιέω (onomatopoiéō, “to coin names”), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) + ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, to do, to produce”). By surface analysis, onomato- + -poeia.
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Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
Proto-Hellenic *ónomə
Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă)
Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-der.
Proto-Hellenic *kʷoiwéyō
Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō)
Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιός (onomătopoiós)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ (onomătopoiĭ́ā)der.
Latin onomatopoeïabor.
English onomatopoeia
Borrowed from Latin onomatopoeïa, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía, “the coining of a word in imitation of a sound”), from ὀνοματοποιέω (onomatopoiéō, “to coin names”), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) + ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, to do, to produce”). By surface analysis, onomato- + -poeia.
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