संकट

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संकट (saṃkaṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səŋ.kəʈ/, [sɐ̃ŋ.kɐʈ]

Noun

संकट • (saṅkaṭ) m

1. crisis (a large-scale emergency)

   Synonym: मुसीबत (musībat)

2. calamity, disaster

   Synonyms: आपदा (āpdā), विपत्ति (vipatti), आफ़त (āfat)

3. danger, hazard

   Synonyms: ख़तरा (xatrā), आशंका (āśaṅkā)

Declension

Declension of संकट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	संकट saṅkaṭ	संकट saṅkaṭ
oblique	संकट saṅkaṭ	संकटों saṅkaṭõ
vocative	संकट saṅkaṭ	संकटो saṅkaṭo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संकट (saṃkaṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səŋ.kəʈ/

Noun

संकट • (saṅkaṭ) n

1. calamity, crisis, adversity

   Synonym: विपत्ती (vipattī)

2. hazard, danger

   Synonym: धोका (dhokā)

3. narrow, strait, contracted

   Synonym: अरुंद (arunda)

Declension

Declension of संकट (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	संकट saṅkaṭ
direct plural	संकटे, संकटं saṅkaṭe, saṅkṭa
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	संकट saṅkaṭ		संकटे, संकटं saṅkaṭe, saṅkṭa
oblique सामान्यरूप	संकटा saṅkaṭā		संकटां- saṅkaṭān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	संकटाला saṅkaṭālā		संकटांना saṅkaṭānnā
ergative	संकटाने, संकटानं saṅkaṭāne, saṅkaṭāna		संकटांनी saṅkaṭānnī
instrumental	संकटाशी saṅkaṭāśī		संकटांशी saṅkaṭānśī
locative सप्तमी	संकटात saṅkaṭāt		संकटांत saṅkaṭāt
vocative संबोधन	संकटा saṅkaṭā		संकटांनो saṅkaṭānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of संकट (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	संकटाचा saṅkaṭāċā	संकटाचे saṅkaṭāċe	संकटाची saṅkaṭācī	संकटाच्या saṅkaṭācā	संकटाचे, संकटाचं saṅkaṭāċe, saṅkaṭāċa	संकटाची saṅkaṭācī	संकटाच्या saṅkaṭācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	संकटांचा saṅkaṭānċā	संकटांचे saṅkaṭānċe	संकटांची saṅkaṭāñcī	संकटांच्या saṅkaṭāncā	संकटांचे, संकटांचं saṅkaṭānċe, saṅkaṭānċa	संकटांची saṅkaṭāñcī	संकटांच्या saṅkaṭāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “संकट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “संकट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Old Awadhi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संकट (saṃkaṭa).

Noun

संकट (saṃkaṭa)

1. a crisis, calamity, disaster
   • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak :

     यह संकट काहु सों जात न टारो

     yaha saṃkaṭa kāhu soṃ jāta na ṭāro

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)