शक्ति

See also: शुक्ति and शुक्ता

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit शक्ति (śakti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃəkti]

Noun

शक्ति • (śakti) f (Urdu spelling شکتی‎)

1. power, energy, potency

   दो सौ घोड़ों की शक्ति इस कल में है।

   do sau ghoṛõ kī śakti is kal mẽ hai.

   This machine has the power of two hundred horses.

   Synonyms: ताक़त (tāqat), ज़ोर (zor), सकत (sakat)

2. strength

   अगर हम अपनी सेनाएं को मिलाए हमारी शक्ति बढ़ जाएगी।

   agar ham apnī senāen ko milāe hamārī śakti baṛh jāegī.

   If we combine our armies our strength will increase.

   Synonym: ताक़त (tāqat)

3. force

   हमें विध्वंसक शक्ति का प्रयोग करना पड़ा।

   hamẽ vidhvansak śakti kā prayog karnā paṛā.

   We had to use destructive force.

   Synonym: बल (bal)

4. ability; reach

   शक्ति के बाहर ― śakti ke bāhar ― beyond one's ability

   Synonym: बस (bas)

Declension

Declension of शक्ति
	Singular	Plural
Direct	शक्ति (śakti)	शक्तियाँ (śaktiyā̃)
Oblique	शक्ति (śakti)	शक्तियों (śaktiyõ)
Vocative	शक्ति (śakti)	शक्तियो (śaktiyo)

Derived terms

• शक्तिमान (śaktimān, “strong, powerful, foreceful”)
• शक्तिहीन (śaktihīn, “powerless, impotent”)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “शक्ति”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “शक्ति”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root शक् (śak, “able”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (“to be able”).

Noun

शक्ति • (śakti)

1. strength, power, might
2. ability