कायापलट
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]काया (kāyā) + पलटना (palaṭnā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]कायापलट • (kāyāpalaṭ) f
- radical transformation (of a person, situation, social-order etc.)
- (biology) metamorphosis
Declension
[edit]Declension of कायापलट (fem cons-stem)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “काया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कायापलट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “काया”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.