संकर

See also: सूकर and स्क्रू

Sanskrit

Etymology

From सम्- (sam-) +‎ कर (kara).

Noun

संकर • (saṃkara) stem, m

1. mixing together, commingling, intermixture confusion (esp. of castes or races, proceeding from the intermarriage of a man with a woman of a higher caste or from the promiscuous intercourse of the four tribes, and again from the indiscriminate cohabitation of their descendants)
2. the offspring of a mixed marriage
3. any action similar to the intermixture of castes
4. (rhetoric) the confusion or blending together of metaphors which ought to be kept distinct
5. anything that may be defiled by the touch of any unclean thing

Descendants

• Telugu: సంకరము (saṅkaramu)