कंगाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan (whence Punjabi ਕੰਗਾਲ (kaṅgāl)), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kaṃkāla), from Sanskrit कङ्काल (kaṅkāla, “skeleton”). Cognate with Gujarati કંગાલ (kaṅgāl), Bengali কাঙাল (kaṅal), Assamese কঙাল (koṅal), and possibly Marathi कंकाळ (kaṅkāḷ, “cruel”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kəŋ.ɡɑːl/, [kɐ̃ŋ.ɡäːl]

Adjective

कंगाल • (kaṅgāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کنگال)

  1. poor, destitute
    Synonyms: ग़रीब (ġarīb), दरिद्र (daridra), निर्धन (nirdhan)

Noun

कंगाल • (kaṅgāl) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling کنگال)

  1. poor person, pauper
    देश देश में ऐसे कंगाल होंगे।
    deś deś mẽ aise kaṅgāl hoṅge.
    There must be paupers like this in every country.

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of कंगाल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct कंगाल
kaṅgāl		 कंगाल
kaṅgāl
oblique कंगाल
kaṅgāl		 कंगालों
kaṅgālõ
vocative कंगाल
kaṅgāl		 कंगालो
kaṅgālo
Declension of कंगाल (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct कंगाल
kaṅgāl		 कंगालें
kaṅgālẽ
oblique कंगाल
kaṅgāl		 कंगालों
kaṅgālõ
vocative कंगाल
kaṅgāl		 कंगालो
kaṅgālo

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kaṅkāla2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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