संकटमय

Hindi

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from संकट (saṅkaṭ, “disaster, crisis”) +‎ -मय (-may).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

संकटमय • (saṅkaṭmay) (indeclinable)

1. perilous, portending disaster, catastrophic
   • 1880 – 1936, Premchand, विध्वंस [Destruction] :

     यह कल्पना ही उसे संकटमय जान पड़ती थी।

     yah kalpanā hī use saṅkaṭmay jān paṛtī thī.

     Just imagining it seemed calamitous to her.