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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit कण्टक (kaṇṭaka).
Pronunciation
Noun
कांटा • (kāṇṭā) m (Urdu spelling کانٹا)
- fork
- thorn
The Bible,
Ezekiel 2:6:
- तू उन से न डरना; चाहे तुझे कांटों, ऊंटकटारों और बिच्छुओं के बीच भी रहना पड़े, तौभी उनके वचनों से न डरना
- tū un se na ḍarnā; cāhe tujhe kāṇṭõ, ūṇṭakṭārõ aur bicchuõ ke bīc bhī rahnā paṛe, taubhī unke vacnõ se na ḍarnā
- Do not fear them; even if you have to live midst thorns and camelthorns and scorpions, do not even then fear their words
Declension
Declension of कांटा (masc ā-stem)
Derived terms
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaṇṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press