Hindi

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit संकट (saṃkaṭa).

Pronunciation

edit
  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /səŋ.kəʈ/, [sɐ̃ŋ.kɐʈ]

Noun

edit

संकट (saṅkaṭm

  1. crisis (a large-scale emergency)
    Synonym: मुसीबत (musībat)
  2. calamity, disaster
    Synonyms: आपदा (āpdā), विपत्ति (vipatti), आफ़त (āfat)
  3. danger, hazard
    Synonyms: ख़तरा (xatrā), आशंका (āśaṅkā)

Declension

edit

Marathi

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit संकट (saṃkaṭa).

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

संकट (saṅkaṭn

  1. calamity, crisis, adversity
    Synonym: विपत्ती (vipattī)
  2. hazard, danger
    Synonym: धोका (dhokā)
  3. narrow, strait, contracted
    Synonym: अरुंद (arunda)

Declension

edit
Declension of संकट (neut cons-stem)
direct
singular
संकट
saṅkaṭ
direct
plural
संकटे, संकटं
saṅkaṭe, saṅkṭa
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
संकट
saṅkaṭ
संकटे, संकटं
saṅkaṭe, saṅkṭa
oblique
सामान्यरूप
संकटा
saṅkaṭā
संकटां-
saṅkaṭān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
संकटाला
saṅkaṭālā
संकटांना
saṅkaṭānnā
ergative संकटाने, संकटानं
saṅkaṭāne, saṅkaṭāna
संकटांनी
saṅkaṭānnī
instrumental संकटाशी
saṅkaṭāśī
संकटांशी
saṅkaṭānśī
locative
सप्तमी
संकटात
saṅkaṭāt
संकटांत
saṅkaṭāt
vocative
संबोधन
संकटा
saṅkaṭā
संकटांनो
saṅkaṭānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of संकट (neut cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
संकटाचा
saṅkaṭāċā
संकटाचे
saṅkaṭāċe
संकटाची
saṅkaṭācī
संकटाच्या
saṅkaṭācā
संकटाचे, संकटाचं
saṅkaṭāċe, saṅkaṭāċa
संकटाची
saṅkaṭācī
संकटाच्या
saṅkaṭācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
संकटांचा
saṅkaṭānċā
संकटांचे
saṅkaṭānċe
संकटांची
saṅkaṭāñcī
संकटांच्या
saṅkaṭāncā
संकटांचे, संकटांचं
saṅkaṭānċe, saṅkaṭānċa
संकटांची
saṅkaṭāñcī
संकटांच्या
saṅkaṭāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

edit
  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “संकट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “संकट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Old Awadhi

edit

Etymology

edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संकट (saṃkaṭa).

Noun

edit

संकट (saṃkaṭa)

  1. a crisis, calamity, disaster
    • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak :
      यह संकट काहु सों जात न टारो
      yaha saṃkaṭa kāhu soṃ jāta na ṭāro