कल्पना

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit कल्पना (kalpanā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kəl.pə.nɑː/, [kəl̪.pə.n̪äː]

Noun[edit]

कल्पना (kalpanāf

  1. imagination
  2. hypothesis, guess

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Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From कल्प (kalpa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

कल्पना (kalpanā) root formf

  1. making, manufacturing, preparing Suṡr. BhP.
  2. practice Car.
  3. fixing, settling, arranging Mn. ix, 116 Yājñ.
  4. creating in the mind, feigning, assuming anything to be real, fiction KapS. &c.
  5. hypothesis Nyāyam.
  6. caparisoning an elephant Daṡ.
  7. form, shape, image
  8. a deed, work, act Mṛicch.