कीर्तन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कीर्तन (kīrtana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kiːɾ.t̪ən/, [kiːɾ.t̪ɐ̃n]

Noun

कीर्तन • (kīrtan) m (Urdu spelling کیرتن)

1. praise; veneration (of deities)
2. (Hinduism) the group singing of bhajans (devotional songs)

Declension

Declension of कीर्तन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कीर्तन kīrtan	कीर्तन kīrtan
oblique	कीर्तन kīrtan	कीर्तनों kīrtanõ
vocative	कीर्तन kīrtan	कीर्तनो kīrtano

References

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