प्रतिपक्ष
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रतिपक्ष (pratipakṣa). By surface analysis, प्रति (prati) + पक्ष (pakṣ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]प्रतिपक्ष • (pratipakṣ) m
- rival group, opposing party
- rival, adversary, foe
- (politics) opposition
- direct opposite (of something)
- (rhetoric, philosophy) antithesis
Declension
[edit]Declension of प्रतिपक्ष (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ |
प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ |
oblique | प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ |
प्रतिपक्षों pratipakṣõ |
vocative | प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ |
प्रतिपक्षो pratipakṣo |
Derived terms
[edit]- प्रतिपक्षात्मक (pratipakṣātmak)
- प्रतिपक्षी (pratipakṣī)
Related terms
[edit]- प्रतिपक्षता (pratipakṣatā)
- प्रतिपक्षत्व (pratipakṣatva)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रतिपक्ष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्रतिपक्ष”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “प्रतिपक्ष”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.