चकाचौंध

Hindi[edit]

FWOTD – 3 April 2018

Probably चौंकना (ca͠uknā, “to surprise, awe, amaze”) +‎ चुंधा (cundhā, “weak-sighted”).

चकाचौंध • (cakācaundh) f

dazzling sight, magnificent spectacle
- 2012, Swami Adgadanand, अमृतवाणी [amŕtvāṇī], translation of रामचरितमानस [rāmcaritmānas] by कबीर, page 81:
  चाँद और सूर्य के समान बहुत-से दीपक दिखायी पड़े, उनकी चकाचौंध में रास्ता भटक गये।
  cā̃d aur sūrya ke samān bahut-se dīpak dikhāyī paṛe, unkī cakācaundh mẽ rāstā bhaṭak gaye.
  He saw many lights outshining the sun and moon; he lost his way due to their splendour.

Declension of चकाचौंध (fem cons-stem)

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चकाचौंध”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चकाचौंध”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha