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कलह

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कलह (kalaha).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kə.ləɦ/, [kɐ.lɛʱ]

Noun

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कलह (kalahm

  1. conflict, strife, squabble
    Synonyms: झगड़ा (jhagṛā), लड़ाई (laṛāī)

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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कलह m

  1. Devanagari script form of kalaha (quarrel)

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dravidian; ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kalac- (to quarrel).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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कलह (kalaha) stemm

  1. strife, contention, quarrel, fight
  2. the sheath of a sword
  3. a road, way
  4. deceit, falsehood
  5. violence without murderous weapons, abuse, beating, kicking

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of कलह
singular dual plural
nominative कलहः (kalahaḥ) कलहौ (kalahau)
कलहा¹ (kalahā¹)
कलहाः (kalahāḥ)
कलहासः¹ (kalahāsaḥ¹)
vocative कलह (kalaha) कलहौ (kalahau)
कलहा¹ (kalahā¹)
कलहाः (kalahāḥ)
कलहासः¹ (kalahāsaḥ¹)
accusative कलहम् (kalaham) कलहौ (kalahau)
कलहा¹ (kalahā¹)
कलहान् (kalahān)
instrumental कलहेन (kalahena) कलहाभ्याम् (kalahābhyām) कलहैः (kalahaiḥ)
कलहेभिः¹ (kalahebhiḥ¹)
dative कलहाय (kalahāya) कलहाभ्याम् (kalahābhyām) कलहेभ्यः (kalahebhyaḥ)
ablative कलहात् (kalahāt) कलहाभ्याम् (kalahābhyām) कलहेभ्यः (kalahebhyaḥ)
genitive कलहस्य (kalahasya) कलहयोः (kalahayoḥ) कलहानाम् (kalahānām)
locative कलहे (kalahe) कलहयोः (kalahayoḥ) कलहेषु (kalaheṣu)
  • ¹Vedic
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Descendants

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Borrowed terms

References

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  1. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 123 fn. 5(2).

Further reading

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “कलह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 261/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 321
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 180
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kalaha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press