करुणा

See also: करण, कर्ण, कारण, and करणे

Hindi

Borrowed from Sanskrit करुणा (karuṇā).

करुणा • (karuṇā) f (Urdu spelling کرنا‎)

compassion, pity, kindness, mercy
महात्मा गाँधी प्रेम और करुणा के प्रतिरूप थे।
mahātmā gāndhī prem aur karuṇā ke pratirūp the.
Mahatma Gandhi was a model of love and compassion.

Declension of करुणा (fem ā-stem)

Hardev Bahri (accessed 10-21-2012), “Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎

Borrowed from Sanskrit करुणा (karuṇā).

करुणा • (karuṇā) f

Declension of करुणा (karuṇā)
direct singular	करुणा karuṇā
direct plural	करुणा karuṇā
	singular	plural
nominative	करुणा karuṇā	करुणा karuṇā
oblique	करुणे- karuṇe-	करुणां- karuṇāN-
dative	करुणेला karuṇelā	करुणांना karuṇāNnā
ergative	करुणेने karuṇene	करुणांनी karuṇāNni
instrumental	करुणेशी karuṇeśi	करुणांशी karuṇāNśi
locative	करुणेत karuṇet	करुणांत karuṇāNt
vocative	करुणे karuṇe	करुणांनो karuṇāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of करुणा
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular^*	plural
singular subject	करुणेचा karuṇeċā	करुणेचे karuṇece	करुणेची karuṇeci	करुणेच्या karuṇeca	करुणेचे, करुणेचं karuṇece, karuṇeċa	करुणेची karuṇeci	करुणेच्या karuṇeca
plural subject	करुणांचा karuṇāNċā	करुणांचे karuṇāNce	करुणांची karuṇāNci	करुणांच्या karuṇāNca	करुणांचे, करुणांचं karuṇāNce, karuṇāNċa	करुणांची karuṇāNci	करुणांच्या karuṇāNca
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Berntsen, Maxine, “करुणा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

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करुणा • (karuṇā) f

Feminine ā-stem declension of करुणा (karuṇā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	करुणा karuṇā	करुणे karuṇe	करुणाः karuṇāḥ
Vocative	करुणे karuṇe	करुणे karuṇe	करुणाः karuṇāḥ
Accusative	करुणाम् karuṇām	करुणे karuṇe	करुणाः karuṇāḥ
Instrumental	करुणया / करुणा¹ karuṇayā / karuṇā¹	करुणाभ्याम् karuṇābhyām	करुणाभिः karuṇābhiḥ
Dative	करुणायै karuṇāyai	करुणाभ्याम् karuṇābhyām	करुणाभ्यः karuṇābhyaḥ
Ablative	करुणायाः karuṇāyāḥ	करुणाभ्याम् karuṇābhyām	करुणाभ्यः karuṇābhyaḥ
Genitive	करुणायाः karuṇāyāḥ	करुणयोः karuṇayoḥ	करुणानाम् karuṇānām
Locative	करुणायाम् karuṇāyām	करुणयोः karuṇayoḥ	करुणासु karuṇāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Pali: karuṇā
Prakrit: 𑀓𑀮𑀼𑀡𑀸 (kaluṇā)
- Southern:
  - Dhivehi: ކުލުނު‎ (kulunu)
  - Sinhalese: කුලුණ (kuluṇa)

Borrowed terms

Monier Williams (1899), “करुणा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 255.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “karuna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 142

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