कंगाल
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan (whence Punjabi ਕੰਗਾਲ (kaṅgāl)), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kaṃkāla), from Sanskrit कङ्काल (kaṅkāla, “skeleton”). Cognate with Gujarati કંગાલ (kaṅgāl), Bengali কাঙাল (kaṅal), Assamese কঙাল (koṅal), and possibly Marathi कंकाळ (kaṅkāḷ, “cruel”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
कंगाल • (kaṅgāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کنگال)
Noun[edit]
कंगाल • (kaṅgāl) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling کنگال)
- poor person, pauper
- देश देश में ऐसे कंगाल होंगे।
- deś deś mẽ aise kaṅgāl hoṅge.
- There must be paupers like this in every country.
Declension[edit]
NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.
Declension of कंगाल (masc cons-stem)
Declension of कंगाल (fem cons-stem)
References[edit]
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kaṅkāla2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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