काँटेदार
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From काँटे (kā̃ṭe) + -दार (-dār).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]काँटेदार • (kā̃ṭedār) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کان٘ٹے دَار)
- thorny
- Synonyms: सकंटक (sakaṇṭak), कँटीला (kãṭīlā), कंटकयुक्त (kaṇṭakyukt), कंटकी (kaṇṭkī), कंटकित (kaṇṭkit)
- Antonyms: निष्कंटक (niṣkaṇṭak), अकंटक (akaṇṭak)
- 1984, Vishnu Chandra Sharma, मुक्तिबोध की आत्मकथा [muktibodh kī ātmakthā][1], page 92:
- […] पिता मेरी काँटेदार ज़िंदगी को बदलने के लिए सुझाव-पर-सुझाव रखा करते थे।
- […] pitā merī kā̃ṭedār zindgī ko badalne ke lie sujhāv-par-sujhāv rakhā karte the.
- Father used to give suggestions after suggestions to change my thorny life.
Further reading
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “काँटेदार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 185
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “काँटेदार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 100.
- “काँटे-दार”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.