किंवदंती

Hindi

Etymology

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Sanskrit किम् (kim)

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wedH-?

Sanskrit वद॑ति (vádati)

Hindi किंवदंती

Borrowed from Sanskrit किम् वदन्ति (kim vadanti, “what do they say?”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɪm.ʋə.d̪ən.t̪iː/, [kɪ̃m.wɐ.d̪ɐ̃n̪.t̪iː]

Noun

किंवदंती • (kimvadantī) f

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   Synonyms: आख्यान (ākhyān), दंतकथा (dantakthā)

Declension

Declension of किंवदंती (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	किंवदंती kimvadantī	किंवदंतियाँ kimvadantiyā̃
oblique	किंवदंती kimvadantī	किंवदंतियों kimvadantiyõ
vocative	किंवदंती kimvadantī	किंवदंतियो kimvadantiyo

References

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