क्रंदन
Hindi
Alternative forms
- क्रन्दन (krandan)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्रन्दन (krandana).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kɾən.d̪ən/, [kɾɐ̃n̪.d̪ɐ̃n]
Noun
क्रंदन • (krandan) m (formal)
- the act of crying, weeping
- divine invocations (made during war)
- mutual daring or defiance, challenging
- (rare) a cat
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | क्रंदन krandan |
क्रंदन krandan |
| oblique | क्रंदन krandan |
क्रंदनों krandanõ |
| vocative | क्रंदन krandan |
क्रंदनो krandano |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “क्रंदन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “क्रन्दन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क्रंदन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press