शक्ति

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See also: शुक्ति and शुक्ता

Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from Sanskrit शक्ति (śakti).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.
  2. strength
    ईश्‍वर हमें शक्ति दे।
    īś‍var hamẽ śakti de.
    May God give us strength.
  3. force
    हमें विध्वंसक शक्ति का प्रयोग करना पड़ा।
    hamẽ vidhvansak śakti kā prayog karnā paṛā.
    We had to use destructive force.

Declension[edit]

Declension of शक्ति
singular plural
direct शक्ति (śakti) शक्तियाँ (śaktiyā̃)
oblique शक्ति (śakti) शक्तियों (śaktiyõ)
vocative शक्ति (śakti) शक्तियो (śaktiyo)

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References[edit]

  • 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

Sanskrit[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

शक्ति • (śakti)

  1. strength, power, might
  2. ability
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