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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀖𑀸𑀝 (*ciṅghāṭa), probably of onomatopoeic origin similar to that of Sanskrit चीत्कार (cītkāra, “cries, noise”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪŋ.ɡʱɑːɽ/,
Noun
चिंघाड़ • (ciṅghāṛ) f or m (Urdu spelling چِنگھاڑ)
- shriek, scream, roar; trumpet (of an elepant)
- Synonyms: चिल्लाहट (cillāhaṭ), चीख (cīkh), चीत्कार (cītkār)
1996, Vrindavan Lal Verma, देवगढ़ की मुसकान, Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, page 7:हाथी चंद्रमा की किरणों की ओर सूंड़ें हिला-हिलाकर अपनी चिंघाड़ों के स्वरों में क्या कह रहे थे?- hāthī candramā kī kirṇõ kī or sū̃ṛẽ hilā-hilākar apnī ciṅghāṛõ ke svarõ mẽ kyā kah rahe the?
- What were the elephants saying in the voices of their roars, shaking their trunks towards the rays of the moon?
2008, Dr. Mahendra Mittal, मत चूको चौहान [Don't miss it Chauhan], Orient Craft Publishers and Distributors, →ISBN, page 145:युद्ध के मैदान में लाशों के ढेर लग गए। खून की नदियाँ बह चलीं। चारों ओर घोड़ों की हिनहिनाहट, हाथियों की चिंघाड़ें, तलवारों की टकराहट, बारूद के फटते गोलों और घायलों की चीख-पुकारों से आसमान गूँजने लगा।- yuddh ke maidān mẽ lāśõ ke ḍher lag gae. khūn kī nadiyā̃ bah calī̃. cārõ or ghoṛõ kī hinhināhaṭ, hāthiyõ kī ciṅghāṛẽ, talvārõ kī ṭakrāhaṭ, bārūd ke phaṭte golõ aur ghāylõ kī cīkh-pukārõ se āsmān gūñjne lagā.
- Corpses piled up on the battlefield. Rivers of blood flowed. The sky ecoed all around with the neighs of horses, the roars of elephants, the clatter of swords, the gunpowder blasts and the cries of the wounded.
2013, Shriramvriksha Benipuri, अमर बाल कहानियाँ , Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, page 113:पहले विंध्य पहाड़ पार किया गया—ऊँची-ऊँची चट्टानें, भयप्रद दर्रे, कहीं बाघ का चिंघाड़, कहीं अजगर की फुफकार!- pahle vindhya pahāṛ pār kiyā gayā—ū̃cī-ū̃cī caṭṭānẽ, bhayaprad darre, kahī̃ bāgh kā ciṅghāṛ, kahī̃ ajgar kī phuphkār!
- First the Vindhya mountain was crossed—high cliffs, terrifying passes, somewhere the roar of a tiger, somewhere the hiss of a python!
Declension
Declension of चिंघाड़ (fem cons-stem // masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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चिंघाड़
ciṅghāṛ
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चिंघाड़ें, चिंघाड़
ciṅghāṛẽ, ciṅghāṛ
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| oblique
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चिंघाड़
ciṅghāṛ
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चिंघाड़ों
ciṅghāṛõ
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| vocative
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चिंघाड़
ciṅghāṛ
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चिंघाड़ो
ciṅghāṛo
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Derived terms
Verb
चिंघाड़ • (ciṅghāṛ)
- inflection of चिंघाड़ना (ciṅghāṛnā):
- stem
- second-person singular intimate present imperative
References
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ciṅghāṛa”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1520
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ciṅghāṛa”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 314
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ciṅghāṛa”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 193.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ciṅghāṛa”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 206
- “चिंघाड़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.