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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अन्धकार (andhakāra). Doublet of अँधेरा (andherā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ənd̪ʱ.kɑːɾ/,
Noun
अंधकार • (andhkār) m (Urdu spelling اَنْدھکار)
- darkness (the absence of light)
- Synonyms: अँधेरा (andherā), तिमिर (timir), तम (tam), तीरगी (tīrgī)
- Antonyms: प्रकाश (prakāś), रौशनी (rauśnī), उजाला (ujālā)
Declension
Declension of अंधकार (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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अंधकार
andhkār
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अंधकार
andhkār
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| oblique
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अंधकार
andhkār
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अंधकारों
andhkārõ
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| vocative
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अंधकार
andhkār
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अंधकारो
andhkāro
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Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अंधकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 7
- “अंधकार”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.