सक्त

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /səkt̪/, [sɐkt̪]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सक्त (saktá).

सक्त • (sakt) (indeclinable)

1. clinging or adhering to, sticking in
2. belonging to
3. committed or entrusted to
4. fixed or intent upon, directed towards, addicted or devoted to, fond of, engaged in, occupied with

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit शक्ति (śakti).

सक्त • (sakt) (indeclinable)

1. powerful, strong

सक्त • (sakt) f

1. power, strength, ability

• Platts, John T. (1884) “सक्त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सक्त”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Borrowed from Classical Persian سخت (saxt), from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭠𐭤𐭨 (saxt), 𐭮𐭤𐭨 (saxt). Compare Gujarati સખત (sakhat), સખ્ત (sakht), Hindi सख़्त (saxt), Punjabi ਸਖ਼ਤ (saxat) / سَخت (saxt), Bengali শক্ত (śokto).

• IPA^(key): /sək.t̪ə/

सक्त • (sakta)

1. strict, severe
2. hard, stern

• सक्ती (saktī, “compulsion”)

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सक्त”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सक्त”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सक्त,_सख्त,_सकत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Derived from the root सञ्ज् (sañj).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐk.tɐ́/, [sɐk̚.tɐ́]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐk.t̪ɐ/, [ˈs̪ɐk̚.t̪ɐ]

सक्त • (saktá) stem

1. clinging or adhering to, sticking in
2. belonging to
3. committed or entrusted to
4. fixed or intent upon, directed towards, addicted or devoted to, fond of, engaged in, occupied with
5. hindered, impeded
6. impending, near at hand

• Monier Williams (1899) “सक्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1132.