Hindi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit सकण्टक (sakaṇṭaka). By surface analysis, स- (sa-) +‎ कंटक (kaṇṭak).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /sə.kəɳ.ʈək/, [sɐ.kɐ̃ɳ.ʈɐk]

Adjective

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सकंटक (sakaṇṭak) (indeclinable)

  1. (literary) thorny
    Synonyms: काँटेदार (kā̃ṭedār), कँटीला (kãṭīlā), कंटकयुक्त (kaṇṭakyukt), कंटकी (kaṇṭkī), कंटकित (kaṇṭkit)
    Antonyms: निष्कंटक (niṣkaṇṭak), अकंटक (akaṇṭak)
    • 1897, Tulsi Deva, श्रद्धाप्रकाश [śraddhāprakāś]‎[1], Punjab Economical Press, page 8:
      [] क्षुधातुर मदमत्त हस्ती व्याघ्रादि हिंसक जन्तुओं से भरपूर महा घन सकंटक बन रूपी संसार में जीवन भर एकाकी डोलना दिखाई दिया []
      [] kṣudhātur madmatt hastī vyāghrādi hinsak jantuõ se bharpūr mahā ghan sakaṇṭak ban rūpī sansār mẽ jīvan bhar ekākī ḍolnā dikhāī diyā []
      In the very dense and thorny forest-like world full of ravenous and intoxicated elephants, tigers, etc. violent beings, wandering alone lifelong could be seen.

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