घातक

Borrowed from Sanskrit घातक (ghātaka).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɑː.t̪ək/, [ɡʱäː.t̪ɐk]

घातक • (ghātak)

1. damaging, wounding, destructive

   Synonym: हानिकारक (hānikārak)

2. malicious, malign

   Synonym: दुष्ट (duṣṭ)

3. murderous blow

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “घातक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

• घातकी (ghātkī)

Borrowed from Sanskrit घातक (ghātaka).

• IPA^(key): /ɡʱa.t̪ək/

घातक • (ghātak)

1. damaging, injurious, destructive

   धूम्रपान आरोग्यासाठी घातक आहे ― dhūmrapān ārogyāsāṭhī ghātak āhe ― Smoking is injurious to health

2. baleful, ruinous (in the context of information or slander)
3. (figuratively) murderous

   Synonym: प्राणघातक (prāṇghātak)

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “घातक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

Compound of घात (ghāta) +‎ -क (-ka).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɑː.tɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɑː.t̪ɐ.kɐ/

घातक • (ghātaka) stem, m or f

1. killing
2. killer, murderer, slayer
3. destroying, ruining

• → Hindi: घातक (ghātak)
• → Marathi: घातक (ghātak)

• Monier Williams (1899) “घातक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 377.