खँखड़

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀟 (kakkhaḍa), from Sanskrit कक्खट (kakkhaṭa, hard).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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खँखड़ (khãkhaṛ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کھنکھڑ)

  1. shrivelled, desiccated; hardened due to decay

Noun

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खँखड़ (khãkhaṛm

  1. something shrivelled, a skeleton

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kakkhaṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press