क्रूरता

Hindi

Etymology

From क्रूर (krūr, “cruel”) + -ता (-tā, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

क्रूरता • (krūrtā) f

1. cruelty, brutality, harshness

   Synonyms: निर्दयता (nirdaytā), बर्बरता (barbartā)

2. merciless, ruthless

Declension

Declension of क्रूरता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क्रूरता krūrtā	क्रूरताएँ krūrtāẽ
oblique	क्रूरता krūrtā	क्रूरताओं krūrtāõ
vocative	क्रूरता krūrtā	क्रूरताओ krūrtāo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “क्रूरता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 221
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “क्रूरता”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 150