सत्याग्रह
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Gandhi, from सत्य (satya, “truth”) + आग्रह (āgraha, “insistence, pertinacity”). Gandhi says in his autobiography that Maganlal Gandhi coined an earlier version of it, sadagraha.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]सत्याग्रह • (satyāgrah) m
Declension
[edit]Declension of सत्याग्रह (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | सत्याग्रह satyāgrah |
सत्याग्रह satyāgrah |
oblique | सत्याग्रह satyāgrah |
सत्याग्रहों satyāgrahõ |
vocative | सत्याग्रह satyāgrah |
सत्याग्रहो satyāgraho |
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सत्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सत्याग्रह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- “satyagraha”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.