कठोरता

Hindi

Etymology

From कठोर (kaṭhor, “hard, harsh”) + -ता (-tā, “ness”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.ʈʰoːɾ.t̪ɑː/, [kɐ.ʈʰoːɾ.t̪äː]

Noun

कठोरता • (kaṭhortā) f

1. harshness, rigidity, severity, strictness

   Synonyms: कठिनता (kaṭhintā), कड़ाई (kaṛāī), निर्दयता (nirdaytā), रूखापन (rūkhāpan)

   Antonyms: कोमलता (komaltā), मृदुता (mŕdutā), लचीलापन (lacīlāpan)

Declension

Declension of कठोरता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कठोरता kaṭhortā	कठोरताएँ kaṭhortāẽ
oblique	कठोरता kaṭhortā	कठोरताओं kaṭhortāõ
vocative	कठोरता kaṭhortā	कठोरताओ kaṭhortāo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कठोरता”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 756
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कठोरता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 159
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “कठोरता”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 85.