नागशक्ति
Hindi
Alternative forms
- नाग-शक्ति (nāg-śakti)
Etymology
A Sanskritic compound of नाग (nāg, “snake”) + शक्ति f (śakti, “power, capability”); likely because of there association with snakes and their founder's ability as a parselmouth to speak parseltongue (the language of snakes in Harry Potter).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nɑːɡ.ʃək.t̪iː/, [n̪äːɡ.ʃək.t̪iː]
Proper noun
नागशक्ति • (nāgśakti) m
- Slytherin
Declension
Declension of नागशक्ति (sg-only masc i-stem)
singular | |
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direct | नागशक्ति nāgśakti |
oblique | नागशक्ति nāgśakti |
vocative | नागशक्ति nāgśakti |
Coordinate terms
- गरुड़द्वार (garuṛadvār, “Gryffindor”)
- मेहनतकश (mehnatkaś, “Hufflepuff”)
- चीलघात (cīlghāt, “Ravenclaw”)