कटाक्ष

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit कटाक्ष (kaṭākṣa), from कट (kaṭa, “surrounding; hip”) +‎ अक्ष (akṣa, “eye”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.ʈɑːkʂ/, [kɐ.ʈäːkʃ]

Noun[edit]

कटाक्ष • (kaṭākṣ) m

sideways glance, leer
(figurative) insult, slander, aspersion

Declension[edit]

Declension of कटाक्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कटाक्ष kaṭākṣ	कटाक्ष kaṭākṣ
oblique	कटाक्ष kaṭākṣ	कटाक्षों kaṭākṣõ
vocative	कटाक्ष kaṭākṣ	कटाक्षो kaṭākṣo

Derived terms[edit]

कटाक्ष करना (kaṭākṣ karnā)

References[edit]

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

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