प्रतिबिंब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रतिबिम्ब (pratibimba). By surface analysis, प्रति- (prati-) +‎ बिम्ब (bimb).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

प्रतिबिंब • (pratibimb) m

1. a reflection, mirror image

Declension

Declension of प्रतिबिंब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रतिबिंब pratibimb	प्रतिबिंब pratibimb
oblique	प्रतिबिंब pratibimb	प्रतिबिंबों pratibimbõ
vocative	प्रतिबिंब pratibimb	प्रतिबिंबो pratibimbo

Derived terms

• प्रतिबिंबित (pratibimbit, “reflected”)
• प्रतिबिंबक (pratibimbak)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रतिबिंब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 652