शृंखला

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शृङ्खला (śṛṅkhalā), feminine of शृङ्खल (śṛṅkhala).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɾɪŋ.kʰlɑː/, [ʃɾɪ̃ŋ.kʰläː]

Noun

शृंखला • (śŕṅkhlā) f

1. series

   चार पुस्तकों की शृंखला ― cār pustakõ kī śŕṅkhlā ― a series of four books

2. a mountain range
3. (literally) a chain, fetter, shackle

Declension

Declension of शृंखला (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शृंखला śŕṅkhlā	शृंखलाएँ śŕṅkhlāẽ
oblique	शृंखला śŕṅkhlā	शृंखलाओं śŕṅkhlāõ
vocative	शृंखला śŕṅkhlā	शृंखलाओ śŕṅkhlāo

References

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