किंवदंती

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit किम् वदन्ति (kim vadanti, “what do they say?”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɪmʋ.d̪ən.t̪iː/, [kɪ̃mw.d̪ɐ̃n̪.t̪iː]

Noun

किंवदंती • (kimvdantī) f

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   Synonyms: आख्यान (ākhyān), दंतकथा (dantakthā)

Declension

Declension of किंवदंती (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	किंवदंती kimvdantī	किंवदंतियाँ kimvdantiyā̃
oblique	किंवदंती kimvdantī	किंवदंतियों kimvdantiyõ
vocative	किंवदंती kimvdantī	किंवदंतियो kimvdantiyo

References

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