संकटमय

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Sanskritic formation from संकट (saṅkaṭ, disaster, crisis) +‎ -मय (-may).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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संकटमय (saṅkaṭmay) (indeclinable)

  1. perilous, portending disaster, catastrophic
    • 1880 – 1936, Premchand, विध्वंस [Destruction] :
      यह कल्पना ही उसे संकटमय जान पड़ती थी।
      yah kalpanā hī use saṅkaṭmay jān paṛtī thī.
      Just imagining it seemed calamitous to her.