प्रतिपक्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रतिपक्ष (pratipakṣa). By surface analysis, प्रति (prati) +‎ पक्ष (pakṣ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.t̪ɪ.pəkʂ/, [pɾɐ.t̪ɪ.pɐkʃ]

Noun

प्रतिपक्ष • (pratipakṣ) m

1. rival group, opposing party
2. rival, adversary, foe
3. (politics) opposition
4. direct opposite (of something)
5. (rhetoric, philosophy) antithesis

Declension

Declension of प्रतिपक्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ	प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ
oblique	प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ	प्रतिपक्षों pratipakṣõ
vocative	प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ	प्रतिपक्षो pratipakṣo

Derived terms

• प्रतिपक्षात्मक (pratipakṣātmak)
• प्रतिपक्षी (pratipakṣī)

Related terms

• प्रतिपक्षता (pratipakṣatā)
• प्रतिपक्षत्व (pratipakṣatva)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रतिपक्ष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्रतिपक्ष”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “प्रतिपक्ष”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.