जलकंटक
Hindi
Alternative forms
- जलकण्टक (jalkaṇṭak)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जलकण्टक (jalakaṇṭaka). Synchronically analysable as जल (jal) + कंटक (kaṇṭak).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəl.kəɳ.ʈək/, [d͡ʒəl̪.kə̃ɳ.ʈək]
Noun
जलकंटक • (jalkaṇṭak) m (rare, literary)
- singhara
- Synonym: (more common) सिंघाड़ा (siṅghāṛā)
- a crocodile
- Synonyms: मगर (magar), मकर (makar)
Declension
Declension of जलकंटक (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | जलकंटक jalkaṇṭak | जलकंटक jalkaṇṭak |
| oblique | जलकंटक jalkaṇṭak | जलकंटकों jalkaṇṭakõ |
| vocative | जलकंटक jalkaṇṭak | जलकंटको jalkaṇṭako |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “जलकंटक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “jal-kanṭak”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जलकंटक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press