तेंदुआ

Hindi

Alternative forms

• तेंदुवा (tenduvā)
• तेन्दुआ (tenduā)
• तेंदुआत (tenduāt)

Etymology

From Sanskrit तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रक (tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraka, “sharp-teethed”), from तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇa, “sharp”) +‎ दंष्ट्र (daṃṣṭra, “teeth, tusk”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪e(ː)n̪d̪ʊa(ː)]

Noun

तेंदुआ • (tenduā) m (feminine तेंदुई, Urdu spelling تیندوا)

1. leopard

Declension

Declension of तेंदुआ (masc ind ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तेंदुआ tenduā	तेंदुए tendue
oblique	तेंदुए tendue	तेंदुओं tenduõ
vocative	तेंदुए tendue	तेंदुओ tenduo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तेंदुआत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “तेंदुआ”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “तेंदुआ”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Platts, John T. (1884) “तेंदुआ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तिंदु”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2075