गगनचुंबी
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- गगनचुम्बी (gagancumbī)
Etymology
editSanskritic formation from गगन (gagan, “sky”) + चुंबी (cumbī, “kissing; touching closely”, from Sanskrit चुम्बिन् (cumbin)).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editगगनचुंबी • (gagancumbī) (indeclinable)
- “kissing/touching the sky”: sky-high, skyscraping, extremely tall
- गगनचुंबी इमारत ― gagancumbī imārat ― skyscraper
- 1949, Satyaketu Vidyalankar, पाटलीपुत्र की कथा [pāṭlīputra kī kathā, The Story of Pataliputra], Hindustani Academy, page 522:
- इनके गगनचुंबी राजप्रासादों, विहारों और भवनों की जगह अब ऊँचे-ऊँचे खेड़े खड़े हैं।
- inke gagancumbī rājaprāsādõ, vihārõ aur bhavnõ kī jagah ab ū̃ce-ū̃ce kheṛe khaṛe ha͠i.
- In place of their skyscraping palaces, monasteries and buildings, now stand tall mounds.
- 1965, Shankar Sahai Saxena, नैपाल : अतीत और वर्तमान [naipāl : atīt aur vartamān, Nepal: Past and Future][1], page 2:
- यह सारा प्रदेश गगनचुंबी पर्वत श्रेणियों से भरा है […]
- yah sārā pradeś gagancumbī parvat śreṇiyõ se bharā hai […]
- This entire region is full of skyscraping mountain ranges […]
- 2024 August 17, Shubham Anand, crictoday.com[2], archived from the original on 31 August 2024:
- राहुल द्रविड़ के बेटे ने मारा गगनचुंबी छक्का, सभी देखते रह गए
- rāhul draviṛ ke beṭe ne mārā gagancumbī chakkā, sabhī dekhte rah gae
- Rahul Dravid's son hits a sky-high six, everyone left stunned
Synonyms
edit- अभ्रंकष (abhraṅkaṣ)
- अंबरलेखी (ambarlekhī)
- आकाशचुंबी (ākāścumbī)
- गगनभेदी (gaganbhedī)
- गगनस्पर्शी (gagansparśī)
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