कांति
Hindi
Alternative forms
- कान्ति (kānti)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कान्ति (kānti), which derives ultimately from the root कम् (kam).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kɑːn.t̪iː/, [kä̃ːn̪.t̪iː]
Noun
कांति • (kānti) f
- (rare, formal) loveliness, beauty, personal decoration or embellishment, splendour, lustre, gloss
Declension
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कांति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कांति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “कान्ति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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