कीड़ा

See also: कड़ा, किडा, कीडी, and कैंडी

Hindi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit की॒ट (kīṭá)
    Prakrit 𑀓𑀻𑀟 (kīḍa)
    Hindi कीड़ा (kīṛā)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀻𑀟 (kīḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit की॒ट (kīṭá).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kiː.ɽɑː/, [kiː.ɽäː]
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    कीड़ा • (kīṛā) m (Urdu spelling کیڑا)

    1. insect, bug
      Synonym: कीट (kīṭ)
      कीड़े-मकोड़े ― kīṛe-makoṛe ― assorted bugs (reduplication of कीड़ा)

    Declension

    Declension of कीड़ा (masc ā-stem)
    singular plural
    direct कीड़ा
    kīṛā     		कीड़े
    kīṛe
    oblique कीड़े
    kīṛe     		कीड़ों
    kīṛõ
    vocative कीड़े
    kīṛe     		कीड़ो
    kīṛo

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kīṭá1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
    1. “कीड़ा”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
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