एकांत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit एकान्त (ekānta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /eː.kɑːnt̪/, [eː.kä̃ːn̪t̪]

Adjective

एकांत • (ekānt) (indeclinable)

1. secluded, lonely
2. private, secret
3. unaccompanied

Noun

एकांत • (ekānt) m

1. secluded place
2. (figurative) the heart
3. privacy

Declension

Declension of एकांत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	एकांत ekānt	एकांत ekānt
oblique	एकांत ekānt	एकांतों ekāntõ
vocative	एकांत ekānt	एकांतो ekānto

Derived terms

• एकांत कारावास (ekānt kārāvās, “solitary confinement”)
• एकांत में (ekānt mẽ, “solitarily, alone”)
• एकांतवास (ekāntvās, “seclusion”)
• एकांतवासी (ekāntvāsī, “a recluse”)
• एकांतिक (ekāntik, “isolated, exclusive”)

 

References

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