शिकंजा
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian شکنجه (šikanja).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]शिकंजा • (śikañjā) m (Urdu spelling شکنجہ)
- clamp, clasp, press
- (figuratively) clutch
- शिकंजा कसना ― śikañjā kasnā ― to clutch, grasp (literally, “to tighten one's clutch”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of शिकंजा (masc ā-stem)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शिकंजा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press