कंगाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan (whence Punjabi ਕੰਗਾਲ (kaṅgāl)), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kaṃkāla), from Sanskrit कङ्काल (kaṅkāla, “skeleton”). Cognate with Gujarati કંગાલ (kaṅgāl), Bengali কাঙাল (kaṅal), Assamese কঙাল (koṅal), and possibly Marathi कंकाळ (kaṅkāḷ, “cruel”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kəŋ.ɡɑːl/, [kɐ̃ŋ.ɡäːl]

Adjective

कंगाल • (kaṅgāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کنگال)

1. poor, destitute

   Synonyms: ग़रीब (ġarīb), दरिद्र (daridra), निर्धन (nirdhan)

Noun

कंगाल • (kaṅgāl) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling کنگال)

1. poor person, pauper

   देश देश में ऐसे कंगाल होंगे।

   deś deś mẽ aise kaṅgāl hoṅge.

   There must be paupers like this in every country.

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of कंगाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कंगाल kaṅgāl	कंगाल kaṅgāl
oblique	कंगाल kaṅgāl	कंगालों kaṅgālõ
vocative	कंगाल kaṅgāl	कंगालो kaṅgālo

Declension of कंगाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कंगाल kaṅgāl	कंगालें kaṅgālẽ
oblique	कंगाल kaṅgāl	कंगालों kaṅgālõ
vocative	कंगाल kaṅgāl	कंगालो kaṅgālo