Hindi · noun

पुस्तक

pustak‘bound written text’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
book
book
French
livre
livre
Hindi
किताबkitāb
किताब
पुस्तकpustak
पुस्तक
Telugu
పుస్తకంpustakaṁ
పుస్తకం
Tamil
புத்தகம்puttakam
புத்தகம்
  • पुस्तकHindi⟷புத்தகம்Tamil· shared loan — both borrowed from the same source
  • पुस्तकHindi⟷పుస్తకంTelugu· shared loan — both borrowed from the same source
  • புத்தகம்Tamil⟷పుస్తకంTelugu· shared loan — both borrowed from the same source

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01पुस्तक (pustak) is a Hindi noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('bound written text') can be approximated as TEXT in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03पुस्तक is borrowed from Sanskrit पुस्तक pustaka ‘book, manuscript’ (confidence 0.85).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:book-skt-hi0.85
    • sourcemw0.85
  4. 04Aligned forms: English book (translation equivalent); French livre (translation equivalent); Hindi किताब (kitāb) (translation equivalent); Tamil புத்தகம் (puttakam) (shared loan (both borrowed from the same source)); Telugu పుస్తకం (pustakaṁ) (shared loan (both borrowed from the same source)).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. पुस्तक pustakaSanskrit— borrowed →पुस्तक accepted
    mw0.85