अंधकार
Hindi
Alternative forms
- अन्धकार (andhakār)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अन्धकार (andhakāra). Doublet of अँधेरा (andherā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ənd̪ʱ.kɑːɾ/, [ɐ̃n̪d̪ʱ.käːɾ]
Noun
अंधकार • (andhkār) m (Urdu spelling اَنْدھکار)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अंधकार andhkār |
अंधकार andhkār |
| oblique | अंधकार andhkār |
अंधकारों andhkārõ |
| vocative | अंधकार andhkār |
अंधकारो andhkāro |
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अंधकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 7
- “अंधकार”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Marathi
Alternative forms
- अंधःकार (andhaḥkār)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अन्धकार (andhakāra). Doublet of अंधार (andhār).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ən.d̪ʱkaɾ/
- Hyphenation: अं‧धकार
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Noun
अंधकार • (andhkār) m
Declension
| Declension of अंधकार (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
अंधकार andhkār | ||
| direct plural |
अंधकार andhkār | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
अंधकार andhkār |
अंधकार andhkār | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
अंधकारा andhkārā |
अंधकारां- andhkārān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
अंधकाराला andhkārālā |
अंधकारांना andhkārānnā | |
| ergative | अंधकाराने, अंधकारानं andhkārāne, andhkārāna |
अंधकारांनी andhkārānnī | |
| instrumental | अंधकाराशी andhkārāśī |
अंधकारांशी andhkārānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
अंधकारात andhkārāt |
अंधकारांत andhkārāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
अंधकारा andhkārā |
अंधकारांनो andhkārānno | |
| 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 अंधकार (masc 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 |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
अंधकाराचा andhkārāċā |
अंधकाराचे andhkārāċe |
अंधकाराची andhkārācī |
अंधकाराच्या andhkārācā |
अंधकाराचे, अंधकाराचं andhkārāċe, andhkārāċa |
अंधकाराची andhkārācī |
अंधकाराच्या andhkārācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
अंधकारांचा andhkārānċā |
अंधकारांचे andhkārānċe |
अंधकारांची andhkārāñcī |
अंधकारांच्या andhkārāncā |
अंधकारांचे, अंधकारांचं andhkārānċe, andhkārānċa |
अंधकारांची andhkārāñcī |
अंधकारांच्या andhkārāñcā | |
| * 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
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अंधकार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अंधकार”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)