गगनचुंबी

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Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Sanskritic formation from गगन (gagan, sky) +‎ चुंबी (cumbī, kissing; touching closely, from Sanskrit चुम्बिन् (cumbin)).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡə.ɡən.t͡ʃʊm.biː/, [ɡɐ.ɡɐ̃n.t͡ʃʊ̃m.biː]
  • Rhymes: -ʊmbiː
  • Hyphenation: ग‧गन‧चुं‧बी

Adjective

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गगनचुंबी (gagancumbī) (indeclinable)

  1. kissing/touching the sky”: sky-high, skyscraping, extremely tall
    गगनचुंबी इमारतgagancumbī imāratskyscraper
    • 1949, Satyaketu Vidyalankar, पाटलीपुत्र की कथा [pāṭlīputra kī kathā, The Story of Pataliputra], Hindustani Academy, page 522:
      इनके गगनचुंबी राजप्रासादों, विहारों और भवनों की जगह अब ऊँचे-ऊँचे खेड़े खड़े हैं।
      inke gagancumbī rājaprāsādõ, vihārõ aur bhavnõ kī jagah ab ū̃ce-ū̃ce kheṛe khaṛe ha͠i.
      In place of their skyscraping palaces, monasteries and buildings, now stand tall mounds.
    • 1965, Shankar Sahai Saxena, नैपाल : अतीत और वर्तमान [naipāl : atīt aur vartamān, Nepal: Past and Future]‎[1], page 2:
      यह सारा प्रदेश गगनचुंबी पर्वत श्रेणियों से भरा है []
      yah sārā pradeś gagancumbī parvat śreṇiyõ se bharā hai []
      This entire region is full of skyscraping mountain ranges []
    • 2024 August 17, Shubham Anand, crictoday.com[2], archived from the original on 31 August 2024:
      राहुल द्रविड़ के बेटे ने मारा गगनचुंबी छक्का, सभी देखते रह गए
      rāhul draviṛ ke beṭe ne mārā gagancumbī chakkā, sabhī dekhte rah gae
      Rahul Dravid's son hits a sky-high six, everyone left stunned

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