दिग्गज
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit दिग्गज (diggaja). By surface analysis, दिग् (dig, “quarter, region (of the world)”) + गज (gaja, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪ɪɡ.ɡəd͡ʒ/, [d̪ɪɡ̚.ɡɐd͡ʒ]
Adjective
[edit]दिग्गज • (diggaj) (indeclinable)
- colossal, giant, great, legendary, larger than life
- 2018 July 18, “कांग्रेस कार्यसमिति में सीपी जोशी, दिग्विजय सिंह सहित कई दिग्गजों को जगह नहीं [kāṅgres kāryasmiti mẽ sīpī jośī, digvijay sĩh sahit kaī diggajõ ko jagah nahī̃]”, in Dainik Bhaskar[1]:
- कांग्रेस कार्य समिति में 51 सदस्यों को शामिल किया गया है। इनमें 23 सदस्य, 19 स्थायी आमंत्रित सदस्य और 9 विशेष आमंत्रित सदस्य होंगे। कांग्रेस के कई दिग्गज नेताओं को इसमें जगह नहीं मिली है।
- kāṅgres kārya samiti mẽ 51 sadasyõ ko śāmil kiyā gayā hai. inmẽ 23 sadasya, 19 sthāyī āmantrit sadasya aur 9 viśeṣ āmantrit sadasya hoṅge. kāṅgres ke kaī diggaj netāõ ko ismẽ jagah nahī̃ milī hai.
- 51 members have been appointed to the Congress Working Committee. From these there will be 23 members, 19 permanently invited members, and 9 specially invited members. Many larger-than-life leaders of the Congress part have not been given a spot.
Noun
[edit]दिग्गज • (diggaj) m (female equivalent दिग्गजा)
- (Hinduism) eight mythological world elephants that support the weight of the Earth
- (figuratively) a legendary person, someone who is larger than life
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | दिग्गज diggaj |
दिग्गज diggaj |
| oblique | दिग्गज diggaj |
दिग्गजों diggajõ |
| vocative | दिग्गज diggaj |
दिग्गजो diggajo |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “दिग्गज”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2272
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दिग्”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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