संकट

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संकट (saṃkaṭa).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /səŋ.kəʈ/,

Noun

संकट • (saṅkaṭ) m

  1. crisis (a large-scale emergency)
    Synonym: मुसीबत (musībat)
  2. calamity, disaster
    Synonyms: आपदा (āpdā), विपत्ति (vipatti), आफ़त (āfat)
  3. danger, hazard
    Synonyms: ख़तरा (xatrā), आशंका (āśaṅkā)

Declension

Declension of संकट (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct संकट
saṅkaṭ 		संकट
saṅkaṭ
oblique संकट
saṅkaṭ 		संकटों
saṅkaṭõ
vocative संकट
saṅkaṭ 		संकटो
saṅkaṭo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संकट (saṃkaṭa).

Pronunciation

Noun

संकट • (saṅkaṭ) n

  1. calamity, crisis, adversity
    Synonym: विपत्ती (vipattī)
  2. hazard, danger
    Synonym: धोका (dhokā)
  3. narrow, strait, contracted
    Synonym: अरुंद (arunda)

Declension

Declension of संकट (neut cons-stem)
direct
singular 		संकट
saṅkaṭ
direct
plural 		संकटे, संकटं
saṅkaṭe, saṅkṭa
singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा 		संकट
saṅkaṭ 		संकटे, संकटं
saṅkaṭe, saṅkṭa
oblique
सामान्यरूप 		संकटा
saṅkaṭā 		संकटां-
saṅkaṭān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी 		संकटाला
saṅkaṭālā 		संकटांना
saṅkaṭānnā
ergative संकटाने, संकटानं
saṅkaṭāne, saṅkaṭāna 		संकटांनी
saṅkaṭānnī
instrumental संकटाशी
saṅkaṭāśī 		संकटांशी
saṅkaṭānśī
locative
सप्तमी 		संकटात
saṅkaṭāt 		संकटांत
saṅkaṭāt
vocative
संबोधन 		संकटा
saṅkaṭā 		संकटांनो
saṅkaṭānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of संकट (neut cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म 		feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म 		neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म 		oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन 		singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन 		singular*
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता 		संकटाचा
saṅkaṭāċā 		संकटाचे
saṅkaṭāċe 		संकटाची
saṅkaṭācī 		संकटाच्या
saṅkaṭācā 		संकटाचे, संकटाचं
saṅkaṭāċe, saṅkaṭāċa 		संकटाची
saṅkaṭācī 		संकटाच्या
saṅkaṭācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता 		संकटांचा
saṅkaṭānċā 		संकटांचे
saṅkaṭānċe 		संकटांची
saṅkaṭāñcī 		संकटांच्या
saṅkaṭāncā 		संकटांचे, संकटांचं
saṅkaṭānċe, saṅkaṭānċa 		संकटांची
saṅkaṭāñcī 		संकटांच्या
saṅkaṭāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “संकट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “संकट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Old Awadhi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संकट (saṃkaṭa).

Noun

संकट (saṃkaṭa)

  1. a crisis, calamity, disaster
    • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak :
      यह संकट काहु सों जात न टारो
      yaha saṃkaṭa kāhu soṃ jāta na ṭāro
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