शक्ति
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit शक्ति (śakti).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃək.t̪iː/, [ʃɐk.t̪iː]
- Rhymes: -əkti
Noun
शक्ति • (śakti) f (Urdu spelling شکتی)
- power, energy, potency
- strength
- Synonym: ताक़त (tāqat)
- अगर हम अपनी सेनाएँ मिलाए हमारी शक्ति बढ़ जाएगी।
- agar ham apnī senāẽ milāe hamārī śakti baṛh jāegī.
- If we combine our armies our strength will increase.
- force
- Synonym: बल (bal)
- हमें विध्वंसक शक्ति का प्रयोग करना पड़ा।
- hamẽ vidhvansak śakti kā prayog karnā paṛā.
- We had to use destructive force.
- ability; reach
- Synonym: बस (bas)
- शक्ति के बाहर ― śakti ke bāhar ― beyond one's ability
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शक्ति śakti |
शक्तियाँ śaktiyā̃ |
| oblique | शक्ति śakti |
शक्तियों śaktiyõ |
| vocative | शक्ति śakti |
शक्तियो śaktiyo |
Derived terms
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शक्ति”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शक्ति”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শক্তি (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- শক্তি (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ၐက္တိ (Burmese script)
- શક્તિ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਕ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
- ឝក្តិ (Khmer script)
- ຨກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
- ശക്തി (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଶକ୍ତି (Odia script)
- ꢯꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ශක්ති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- ஶக்தி (Tamil script)
- శక్తి (Telugu script)
- ศกฺติ (Thai script)
- ཤ་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root शक् (śak, “to be able to”) + -ति (-ti).
Pronunciation
- (Early Rigvedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐk.tí/, [ɕɐk̚.tí]
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ́k.ti/, [ɕɐ́k̚.ti]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐk.t̪i/, [ɕɐk̚.t̪i]
Noun
शक्ति • (śákti, śaktí) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शक्तिः (śáktiḥ) | शक्ती (śáktī) | शक्तयः (śáktayaḥ) |
| accusative | शक्तिम् (śáktim) | शक्ती (śáktī) | शक्तीः (śáktīḥ) |
| instrumental | शक्त्या (śáktyā) शक्ती¹ (śáktī¹) |
शक्तिभ्याम् (śáktibhyām) | शक्तिभिः (śáktibhiḥ) |
| dative | शक्तये (śáktaye) शक्त्यै² (śáktyai²) शक्ती¹ (śáktī¹) |
शक्तिभ्याम् (śáktibhyām) | शक्तिभ्यः (śáktibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शक्तेः (śákteḥ) शक्त्याः² (śáktyāḥ²) शक्त्यै³ (śáktyai³) |
शक्तिभ्याम् (śáktibhyām) | शक्तिभ्यः (śáktibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शक्तेः (śákteḥ) शक्त्याः² (śáktyāḥ²) शक्त्यै³ (śáktyai³) |
शक्त्योः (śáktyoḥ) | शक्तीनाम् (śáktīnām) |
| locative | शक्तौ (śáktau) शक्त्याम्² (śáktyām²) शक्ता¹ (śáktā¹) |
शक्त्योः (śáktyoḥ) | शक्तिषु (śáktiṣu) |
| vocative | शक्ते (śákte) | शक्ती (śáktī) | शक्तयः (śáktayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Gujarati: શક્તિ (śakti)
- Punjabi: ਸਗਤ (sagat)
- Pali: satti
- Burmese: သတ္တိ (satti.)
- → Hindi: शक्ति (śakti)
- → Bengali: শক্তি (śokti)
- → Khmer: សក្តិ (sak)
- → Malayalam: ശക്തി (śakti)
- → Malay: sakti
- Indonesian: sakti
- → Old Javanese: śakti
- → Tamil: சக்தி (cakti), சத்தி (catti), ஷக்தி (ṣakti)
- → Telugu: శక్తి (śakti)
- Thai: ศักดิ์ (sàk), ศักดิ (sàk-dì-), ศักติ
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1044, column 2.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śakti”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.