शक्ति

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit शक्ति (śakti), from the root verb शक् (śak, “to be able, to have the power to effect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʃəkti]

Noun

शक्ति • (śakti) f, Urdu spelling شکتی

1. power, energy, potency

   दो सौ घोड़ों की शक्ति इस कल में है।

   This machine has the power of two hundred horses.

2. strength

   ईश्‍वर हमें शक्ति दे।

   May God give us strength.

3. force

   हमें विध्वंसक शक्ति का प्रयोग करना पड़ा।

   We had to use destructive force.

Declension

declension of शक्ति

	singular		plural
direct	शक्ति (śakti)		शक्तियाँ (śaktiyā̃)
indirect	शक्ति (śakti)		शक्तियों (śaktiyõ)
vocative	शक्ति (śakti)		शक्तियो (śaktiyo)

Synonyms

• (power): ताक़त (tāqat)
• (force): बल (bal)

Derived terms

• शक्तिमान (śakti-mān, “strong, powerful, foreceful”)
• शक्तिहीन (śakti-hīn, “powerless, impotent”)

References

• शक्ति in Bahri, Hardev (1989), Learners' Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: Rajpal & Sons)
• शक्ति in Chaturvedi, Mahendra and Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), A practical Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: National Publishing House)