आरक्षण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आरक्षण (ārakṣaṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɾək.ʂəɳ/, [äː.ɾɐk.ʃɐ̃ɳ]

Noun

आरक्षण • (ārakṣaṇ) m

1. reservation, keeping in hold
2. (Indian politics) reservation (vacancies in government-run institutions set aside for disadvantaged communities)

Declension

Declension of आरक्षण (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आरक्षण ārakṣaṇ	आरक्षण ārakṣaṇ
oblique	आरक्षण ārakṣaṇ	आरक्षणों ārakṣaṇõ
vocative	आरक्षण ārakṣaṇ	आरक्षणो ārakṣaṇo

Derived terms

• आरक्षण करना (ārakṣaṇ karnā)
• आरक्षण होना (ārakṣaṇ honā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आरक्षण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 91