क्रंदन

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्रन्दन (krandana).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kɾən.d̪ən/, [kɾə̃n̪.d̪ə̃n̪]

Noun

क्रंदन • (krandan) m (formal)

  1. the act of crying, weeping
    Synonyms: रोना (ronā), रोदन (rodan)
  2. divine invocations (made during war)
  3. mutual daring or defiance, challenging
  4. (rare) a cat
    Synonyms: बिल्ला (billā), बिडाल (biḍāl), मार्जार (mārjār)

Declension
Declension of क्रंदन (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct क्रंदन
krandan		 क्रंदन
krandan
oblique क्रंदन
krandan		 क्रंदनों
krandanõ
vocative क्रंदन
krandan		 क्रंदनो
krandano

Further reading
  • Syamasundara Dasa (1965–1975) , “क्रंदन”, in Hindi Sabdasagara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) , “क्रन्दन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) , “क्रंदन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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