शिकंजा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شکنجه (šikanja).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kən.d͡ʒɑː/, [ʃɪ.kɐ̃n.d͡ʒäː]

Noun

शिकंजा • (śikañjā) m (Urdu spelling شکنجہ)

1. clamp, clasp, press
2. (figuratively) clutch

   शिकंजा कसना ― śikañjā kasnā ― to clutch, grasp (literally, “to tighten one's clutch”)

Declension

Declension of शिकंजा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शिकंजा śikañjā	शिकंजे śikañje
oblique	शिकंजे śikañje	शिकंजों śikañjõ
vocative	शिकंजे śikañje	शिकंजो śikañjo

References

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