कृदंत

Hindi

Alternative forms

कृदन्त (kŕdant)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृदन्त (kṛdanta).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɾɪ.d̪ənt̪/, [kɾɪ.d̪ɐ̃n̪t̪]

Noun

कृदंत • (kŕdant) m (Urdu spelling کردنت)

(grammar) a word ending in a kŕt affix (i.e. an affix added to verbal roots to form substantives or adjectives)

Declension

Declension of *कृदंत* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	कृदंत kŕdant	कृदंत kŕdant
oblique	कृदंत kŕdant	कृदंतों kŕdantõ
vocative	कृदंत kŕdant	कृदंतो kŕdanto

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कृदंत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “कृदन्त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.