Hindi

Noun

हत्या • ‎(hatyā) f ‎(Urdu spelling ہتیا)

1. murder, assassination, killing

   हत्या का घटना-स्थल बहुत अराजक था।

   The scene of the murder was very chaotic.

Synonyms

• घात ‎(ghāt)
• क़त्ल ‎(qatl)
• ख़ून ‎(xūn)

Derived terms

• हत्यारा ‎(hatyārā, “murderer, assassin”)
• हत्याकांड ‎(hatyā-kānḍ, “a case of murder”)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “हत्या”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root verb हन् ‎(han, “to kill, slay, destroy, strike down”)

Noun

हत्या • ‎(hatyā) f

1. killing, slaying, slaughter, murder (particularly of the criminal variety, as in गोहत्या, भ्रूणहत्या, etc.).

References

• Vaman Shivaram Apte (accessed 12-12-2012), “A Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the title of the work)