चौगुना

Hindi

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    Cardinal: चार (cār)
    Ordinal: चौथा (cauthā), चतुर्थ (caturth)
    Multiplier: चौगुना (caugunā)
    Collective: चारों (cārõ)
    Fractional: चौथाई (cauthāī)

Etymology

    Inherited from Prakrit चउग्गुण (caügguṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit चतुर्गुण (cáturguṇa). By surface analysis, चौ- (cau-) +‎ गुना (gunā).

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔː.ɡʊ.nɑː/, [t͡ʃɔː.ɡʊ.näː]

    Adjective

    चौगुना • (caugunā) (Urdu spelling چَوگُنا)

    1. quadruple
      Synonyms: चतुर्गुण (caturguṇ), चारचंद (cārcand)
      दिन दूना रात चौगुना बढ़नाdin dūnā rāt caugunā baṛhnāto increase rapidly (literally, “to increase to double in the day and quadruple in the night”)

    Declension

    Declension of चौगुना (ā-stem)
    masculine feminine
    singular plural singular plural
    direct चौगुना
    caugunā
    चौगुने
    caugune
    चौगुनी
    caugunī
    चौगुनी
    caugunī
    oblique चौगुने
    caugune
    चौगुने
    caugune
    चौगुनी
    caugunī
    चौगुनी
    caugunī
    vocative चौगुने
    caugune
    चौगुने
    caugune
    चौगुनी
    caugunī
    चौगुनी
    caugunī

    Noun

    चौगुना • (caugunām (Urdu spelling چَوگُنا)

    1. quadruple (four times the number, amount, size, etc.)

    Declension

    Declension of चौगुना (masc ā-stem)
    singular plural
    direct चौगुना
    caugunā
    चौगुने
    caugune
    oblique चौगुने
    caugune
    चौगुनों
    caugunõ
    vocative चौगुने
    caugune
    चौगुनो
    cauguno

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