चुक़ंदर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• चुक़न्दर (cuqandar), चुक़ुन्दर (cuqundar), चुग़न्दर (cuġandar)
• चुकंदर (cuqandar) — nuqtaless

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چقندر (čuqundur, čuqandar), چغندر (čuğundar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʊ.qən.d̪əɾ/, [t͡ʃʊ.qɐ̃n̪.d̪ɐɾ], /t͡ʃʊ.kən.d̪əɾ/, [t͡ʃʊ.kɐ̃n̪.d̪ɐɾ]

Noun

चुक़ंदर • (cuqandar) m (Urdu spelling چقندر)

1. beet, Beta vulgaris

   चुक़ंदर को कम तापमान पे दस मिनट उबालें।

   cuqandar ko kam tāpmān pe das minaṭ ubālẽ.

   Boil beets for ten minutes at low heat.

   ताज़े चुक़ंदर ― tāze cuqandar ― fresh beets

2. beetroot (the root of this plant)

Declension

Declension of चुक़ंदर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चुक़ंदर cuqandar	चुक़ंदर cuqandar
oblique	चुक़ंदर cuqandar	चुक़ंदरों cuqandarõ
vocative	चुक़ंदर cuqandar	चुक़ंदरो cuqandaro

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “चुक़ंदर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House