सनकी

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *swanH-

Sanskrit स्वन् (svan)

Sanskrit स्वनति (svanati)

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *सणइ (saṇaï)

Hindi सनकना (sanaknā)deverb.

Hindi सनक (sanak)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás

Sanskrit -इत (-ita)

Prakrit -𑀇𑀅 (-ia)

Hindi -ई (-ī)

Hindi सनकी

From सनक (sanak, “whim, obsession”) + -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sən.kiː/, [sɐ̃n.kiː]

Adjective

सनकी • (sankī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سنکی)

1. eccentric
2. crazy

Derived terms

• सनकीपन (sankīpan)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “सनकी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सनकी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press