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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कल्पना (kalpanā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kəl.pə.nɑː/,
Noun
कल्पना • (kalpanā) f
- imagination
- hypothesis, guess
Declension
Declension of कल्पना (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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कल्पना
kalpanā
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कल्पनाएँ
kalpanāẽ
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| oblique
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कल्पना
kalpanā
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कल्पनाओं
kalpanāõ
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| vocative
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कल्पना
kalpanā
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कल्पनाओ
kalpanāo
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Derived terms
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
From कल्प (kalpa).
Pronunciation
Noun
कल्पना • (kalpanā) stem, f
- making, manufacturing, preparing Suṡr. BhP.
- practice Car.
- fixing, settling, arranging Mn. ix, 116 Yājñ.
- creating in the mind, feigning, assuming anything to be real, imagination KapS. &c.
- hypothesis Nyāyam.
- caparisoning an elephant Daṡ.
- form, shape, image
- a deed, work, act Mṛicch.