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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कलङ्क (kalaṅka), possibly ultimately related to Latin caligo (“fog, mist, vapor”), Ancient Greek κελαινός (kelainós, “dark, black, swarthy”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
कलंक • (kalaṅk) m
- blemish, mark
- disfigurement, abnormality
- accusation, recrimination
Declension
Declension of कलंक (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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कलंक
kalaṅk
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कलंक
kalaṅk
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| oblique
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कलंक
kalaṅk
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कलंकों
kalaṅkõ
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| vocative
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कलंक
kalaṅk
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कलंको
kalaṅko
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References
- ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 82
- ^ Cooper, B. (2003). Of Cabbages and Kings: Lexicological and Etymological Studies on Russian Plant Nomenclature. United Kingdom: Astra Press, p. 143