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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit सकण्टक (sakaṇṭaka). By surface analysis, स- (sa-) + कंटक (kaṇṭak).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sə.kəɳ.ʈək/,
Adjective
सकंटक • (sakaṇṭak) (indeclinable)
- (literary) thorny
- Synonyms: काँटेदार (kā̃ṭedār), कँटीला (kãṭīlā), कंटकयुक्त (kaṇṭakyukt), कंटकी (kaṇṭkī), कंटकित (kaṇṭkit)
- Antonyms: निष्कंटक (niṣkaṇṭak), अकंटक (akaṇṭak)
1897, Tulsi Deva, श्रद्धाप्रकाश [śraddhāprakāś], Punjab Economical Press, page 8:[…] क्षुधातुर मदमत्त हस्ती व्याघ्रादि हिंसक जन्तुओं से भरपूर महा घन सकंटक बन रूपी संसार में जीवन भर एकाकी डोलना दिखाई दिया […]- […] kṣudhātur madmatt hastī vyāghrādi hinsak jantuõ se bharpūr mahā ghan sakaṇṭak ban rūpī sansār mẽ jīvan bhar ekākī ḍolnā dikhāī diyā […]
- In the very dense and thorny forest-like world full of ravenous and intoxicated elephants, tigers, etc. violent beings, wandering alone lifelong could be seen.
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सकंटक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4905
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सकंटक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 971
- “सकंटक”, in शब्द-परिवार कोश , Rajpal & Sons, 1995, page 44