शिकंजा

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šikanja).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kən.d͡ʒɑː/, [ʃɪ.kɐ̃n.d͡ʒäː]

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)

	singular	plural
direct	शिकंजा śikañjā	शिकंजे śikañje
oblique	शिकंजे śikañje	शिकंजों śikañjõ
vocative	शिकंजे śikañje	शिकंजो śikañjo

References[edit]

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शिकंजा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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