शिकंजा
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian شکنجه (šikanja).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
शिकंजा • (śikañjā) m (Urdu spelling شکنجہ)
- clamp, clasp, press
- (figuratively) clutch
- शिकंजा कसना ― śikañjā kasnā ― to clutch, grasp (literally, “to tighten one's clutch”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of शिकंजा (masc ā-stem)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शिकंजा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press