कड़वापन

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi करवापण (karavāpaṇa). By surface analysis, कड़वा (kaṛvā) +‎ -पन (-pan).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kəɽ.ʋɑː.pən/, [kɐɽ.ʋäː.pɐ̃n]
• Hyphenation: कड़‧वा‧पन
• Rhymes: -ən

Noun

कड़वापन • (kaṛvāpan) m (Urdu spelling کَڑْوَا پَن)

1. bitterness, acidity

   Synonyms: कटुता (kaṭutā), कड़वाहट (kaṛvāhaṭ), तल्ख़ी (talxī)

Declension

Declension of कड़वापन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कड़वापन kaṛvāpan	कड़वापन kaṛvāpan
oblique	कड़वापन kaṛvāpan	कड़वापनों kaṛvāpanõ
vocative	कड़वापन kaṛvāpan	कड़वापनो kaṛvāpano

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कड़वा~पन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “कड़वा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa, Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 86.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कड़वापन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 160
• “कड़वा-पन”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.