कंगाल
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan (whence Punjabi ਕੰਗਾਲ (kaṅgāl)), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kaṃkāla), from Sanskrit कङ्काल (kaṅkāla, “skeleton”). Cognate with Gujarati કંગાલ (kaṅgāl), Bengali কাঙাল (kaṅal), Assamese কঙাল (koṅal), and possibly Marathi कंकाळ (kaṅkāḷ, “cruel”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kəŋ.ɡɑːl/, [kɐ̃ŋ.ɡäːl]
Adjective
कंगाल • (kaṅgāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کنگال)
Noun
कंगाल • (kaṅgāl) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling کنگال)
- poor person, pauper
- देश देश में ऐसे कंगाल होंगे।
- deś deś mẽ aise kaṅgāl hoṅge.
- There must be paupers like this in every country.
Declension
NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | कंगाल kaṅgāl |
कंगाल kaṅgāl |
| oblique | कंगाल kaṅgāl |
कंगालों kaṅgālõ |
| vocative | कंगाल kaṅgāl |
कंगालो kaṅgālo |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | कंगाल kaṅgāl |
कंगालें kaṅgālẽ |
| oblique | कंगाल kaṅgāl |
कंगालों kaṅgālõ |
| vocative | कंगाल kaṅgāl |
कंगालो kaṅgālo |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kaṅkāla2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press