तेंदुआ

Hindi

Alternative forms

तेंदुवा (tenduvā)
तेन्दुआ (tenduā)

Etymology

From Sanskrit तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रक (tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraka, “sharp-teethed”), from तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇa, “sharp”) +‎ दंष्ट्र (daṃṣṭra, “teeth, tusk”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt̪e(ː)n̪d̪ʊa(ː)]

Noun

तेंदुआ • (tenduā) m (feminine तेंदुई, Urdu spelling تیندوا‎)

leopard

Declension

Declension of तेंदुआ (masc ind ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तेंदुआ tenduā	तेंदुए tendue
oblique	तेंदुए tendue	तेंदुओं tenduõ
vocative	तेंदुए tendue	तेंदुओ tenduo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “तेंदुआत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
“तेंदुआ”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “तेंदुआ”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
Platts, John T. (1884), “तेंदुआ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “तिंदु”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2075