प्रतिपक्ष
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रतिपक्ष (pratipakṣa). By surface analysis, प्रति (prati) + पक्ष (pakṣ).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɾə.t̪ɪ.pəkʂ/, [pɾɐ.t̪ɪ.pɐkʃ]
Noun
प्रतिपक्ष • (pratipakṣ) m
- rival group, opposing party
- rival, adversary, foe
- (politics) opposition
- direct opposite (of something)
- (rhetoric, philosophy) antithesis
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ |
प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ |
| oblique | प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ |
प्रतिपक्षों pratipakṣõ |
| vocative | प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ |
प्रतिपक्षो pratipakṣo |
Derived terms
- प्रतिपक्षात्मक (pratipakṣātmak)
- प्रतिपक्षी (pratipakṣī)
Related terms
- प्रतिपक्षता (pratipakṣatā)
- प्रतिपक्षत्व (pratipakṣatva)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रतिपक्ष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्रतिपक्ष”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “प्रतिपक्ष”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.