नागशक्ति

Hindi

Alternative forms

• नाग-शक्ति (nāg-śakti)

Etymology

A Sanskritic compound of नाग (nāg, “snake”) +‎ शक्ति f (śakti, “power, capability”); likely because of there association with snakes and their founder's ability as a "parselmouth" to speak parseltongue (the language of snakes in Harry Potter).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑːɡ.ʃək.t̪iː/, [näːɡ.ʃɐk.t̪iː]

Proper noun

नागशक्ति • (nāgśakti) m

1. Slytherin

Declension

Declension of नागशक्ति (sg-only masc i-stem)

	singular
direct	नागशक्ति nāgśakti
oblique	नागशक्ति nāgśakti
vocative	नागशक्ति nāgśakti

Coordinate terms

• गरुड़द्वार (garuṛadvār, “Gryffindor”)
• मेहनतकश (mehnatkaś, “Hufflepuff”)
• चीलघात (cīlghāt, “Ravenclaw”)