आरक्षण
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आरक्षण (ārakṣaṇa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.ɾək.ʂəɳ/, [äː.ɾɐk.ʃɐ̃ɳ]
Noun
आरक्षण • (ārakṣaṇ) m
- reservation, keeping in hold
- (Indian politics) reservation (vacancies in government-run institutions set aside for disadvantaged communities)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आरक्षण ārakṣaṇ |
आरक्षण ārakṣaṇ |
| oblique | आरक्षण ārakṣaṇ |
आरक्षणों ārakṣaṇõ |
| vocative | आरक्षण ārakṣaṇ |
आरक्षणो ārakṣaṇo |
Derived terms
- आरक्षण करना (ārakṣaṇ karnā)
- आरक्षण होना (ārakṣaṇ honā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आरक्षण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 91