क्रंदन

Hindi

Alternative forms

• क्रन्दन (krandan)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्रन्दन (krandana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɾən.d̪ən/, [kɾɐ̃n̪.d̪ɐ̃n]

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

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “क्रंदन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (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