दुर्दांत

Hindi

Alternative forms

• दुर्दान्त (durdānt)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit दुर्दान्त (durdānta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊɾ.d̪ɑːnt̪/, [d̪ʊɾ.d̪ä̃ːn̪t̪]

Adjective

दुर्दांत • (durdānt) (indeclinable)

1. uncontrolled, untamed; uncontrollable
   • 1972, Devi Prashad Gupta, हिन्दी के आधुनिक पौराणिक महाकाव्य [hindī ke ādhunik paurāṇik mahākāvya, Modern mythological epics of Hindi]‎^[1], Upama Prakashan, page 158:

     सृष्टि रचना के प्रारम्भ से लेकर आज तक यह भीष्म और दुर्दान्त समस्या के रूप में मानवता के समक्ष एक चुनौती के रूप में खड़ी रही है।

     sŕṣṭi racnā ke prārambh se lekar āj tak yah bhīṣma aur durdānt samasyā ke rūp mẽ mānavtā ke samakṣ ek cunautī ke rūp mẽ khaṛī rahī hai.

     From the beginning of creation to the present day, it has stood as a challenge before humanity in the form of a terrible and uncontrolled problem.

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दुर्दांत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 504