शिकंजा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شکنجه (šikanja).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.kən.d͡ʒɑː/, [ʃɪ.kɐ̃n.d͡ʒäː]
Noun
शिकंजा • (śikañjā) m (Urdu spelling شکنجہ)
- clamp, clasp, press
- (figuratively) clutch
- शिकंजा कसना ― śikañjā kasnā ― to clutch, grasp (literally, “to tighten one's clutch”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शिकंजा śikañjā |
शिकंजे śikañje |
| oblique | शिकंजे śikañje |
शिकंजों śikañjõ |
| vocative | शिकंजे śikañje |
शिकंजो śikañjo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शिकंजा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press