कुंभकर्ण की नींद

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Literally, “Kumbhakarna's sleep”. Kumbhakarna, a rakshasa mentioned in the Ramayana, would sleep for six months at a time and wake up for the other six months.

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʊmbʱ.kəɾɳ kiː niːnd̪/, [kʊ̃mbʱ.kɐɾɳ‿kiː‿nĩːn̪d̪]

Noun edit

कुंभकर्ण की नींद • (kumbhkarṇ kī nīnd) f

(idiomatic) long-lasting sleep without rocking
- 1998, Harimohan Sharma, Mukesh-Alka Kaushik, अन्तर्गाथा [antargāthā], Rajpal & Sons, translation of The Insider (Rao novel) by P.V. Narasimha Rao, →ISBN, page 59:
  “अरे, इसके चेहरे पर ठंडा पानी डालो! इसे जगाओ! हिलाकर जगाओ! आज यह कुंभकर्ण की नींद क्यों सो रहा है?”
  “are, iske cehre par ṭhaṇḍā pānī ḍālo! ise jagāo! hilākar jagāo! āj yah kumbhkarṇ kī nīnd kyõ so rahā hai?”
  [original: 'Throw cold water on his face! Wake him up! Shake him up! What does he mean sleeping so late, like Kumbhakarna?']

Declension edit

Declension of कुंभकर्ण की नींद (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कुंभकर्ण की नींद kumbhkarṇ kī nīnd	कुंभकर्ण की नींदें kumbhkarṇ kī nīndẽ
oblique	कुंभकर्ण की नींद kumbhkarṇ kī nīnd	कुंभकर्ण की नींदों kumbhkarṇ kī nīndõ
vocative	कुंभकर्ण की नींद kumbhkarṇ kī nīnd	कुंभकर्ण की नींदो kumbhkarṇ kī nīndo

References edit

Wagenaar, Henk W.; et al. (1993), “कुंभकर्ण की नींद”, in Allied Chambers transliterated Hindi-Hindi-English dictionary, New Delhi: Allied Chambers, page 420