चुक़ंदर
Hindi
Alternative forms
- चुक़न्दर (cuqandar), चुक़ुन्दर (cuqundar), चुग़न्दर (cuġandar)
- चुकंदर (cuqandar) – nuqtaless
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian چقندر (čuqundur, čuqandar), چغندر (čoğondar).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʊ.qən.d̪əɾ/, [t͡ʃʊ.qə̃n̪.d̪əɾ], /t͡ʃʊ.kən.d̪əɾ/, [t͡ʃʊ.kə̃n̪.d̪əɾ]
Noun
चुक़ंदर • (cuqandar) m (Urdu spelling چقندر)
- beet, Beta vulgaris
- चुक़ंदर को कम तापमान पे दस मिनट उबालें।
- cuqandar ko kam tāpmān pe das minaṭ ubālẽ.
- Boil beets for ten minutes at low heat.
- ताज़े चुक़ंदर ― tāze cuqandar ― fresh beets
- beetroot (the root of this plant)
Declension
Declension of चुक़ंदर (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | चुक़ंदर cuqandar | चुक़ंदर cuqandar |
oblique | चुक़ंदर cuqandar | चुक़ंदरों cuqandarõ |
vocative | चुक़ंदर cuqandar | चुक़ंदरो cuqandaro |
References
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “चुक़ंदर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House