कटाक्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कटाक्ष (kaṭākṣa), from कट (kaṭa, “surrounding; hip”) +‎ अक्ष (akṣa, “eye”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kə.ʈɑːkʂ/, [kɐ.ʈäːkʃ]

Noun

कटाक्ष • (kaṭākṣ) m

  1. sideways glance, leer
  2. (figurative) insult, slander, aspersion

Declension

Declension of कटाक्ष (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct कटाक्ष
kaṭākṣ 		कटाक्ष
kaṭākṣ
oblique कटाक्ष
kaṭākṣ 		कटाक्षों
kaṭākṣõ
vocative कटाक्ष
kaṭākṣ 		कटाक्षो
kaṭākṣo

Derived terms

  • कटाक्ष करना (kaṭākṣ karnā)

References

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