कटाक्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कटाक्ष (kaṭākṣa), from कट (kaṭa, “surrounding; hip”) +‎ अक्ष (akṣa, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.ʈɑːkʂ/, [kɐ.ʈäːkʃ]

Noun

कटाक्ष • (kaṭākṣ) m

1. sideways glance, leer
2. (figurative) insult, slander, aspersion

Declension

Declension of कटाक्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कटाक्ष kaṭākṣ	कटाक्ष kaṭākṣ
oblique	कटाक्ष kaṭākṣ	कटाक्षों kaṭākṣõ
vocative	कटाक्ष kaṭākṣ	कटाक्षो kaṭākṣo

Derived terms

• कटाक्ष करना (kaṭākṣ karnā)

References

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