शिकंजा

Hindi

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (šekanje).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kəɲ.d͡ʒɑː/

Noun

शिकंजा • (śikañjā) m

clamp, clasp, press
(figuratively) clutch
शिकंजा कसना ― śikañjā kasnā ― to clutch, grasp (literally, “to tighten one's clutch”)

Declension

Declension of शिकंजा
	Singular	Plural
Direct	शिकंजा (śikañjā)	शिकंजे (śikañje)
Oblique	शिकंजे (śikañje)	शिकंजों (śikañjõ)
Vocative	शिकंजे (śikañje)	शिकंजो (śikañjo)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शिकंजा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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