जलकंटक

Hindi

Alternative forms

• जलकण्टक (jalkaṇṭak)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जलकण्टक (jalakaṇṭaka). By surface analysis, जल (jal) +‎ कंटक (kaṇṭak).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəl.kəɳ.ʈək/, [d͡ʒɐl.kɐ̃ɳ.ʈɐk]

Noun

जलकंटक • (jalkaṇṭak) m (rare, literary)

1. singhara

   Synonym: (more common) सिंघाड़ा (siṅghāṛā)

2. a crocodile

   Synonyms: मगर (magar), मकर (makar)

Declension

Declension of जलकंटक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जलकंटक jalkaṇṭak	जलकंटक jalkaṇṭak
oblique	जलकंटक jalkaṇṭak	जलकंटकों jalkaṇṭakõ
vocative	जलकंटक jalkaṇṭak	जलकंटको jalkaṇṭako

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जलकंटक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “jal-kanṭak”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जल-कंटक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press