सकंटक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit सकण्टक (sakaṇṭaka). By surface analysis, स- (sa-) +‎ कंटक (kaṇṭak).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.kəɳ.ʈək/, [sɐ.kɐ̃ɳ.ʈɐk]

Adjective

सकंटक • (sakaṇṭak) (indeclinable)

1. (literary) thorny

   Synonyms: काँटेदार (kā̃ṭedār), कँटीला (kãṭīlā), कंटकयुक्त (kaṇṭakyukt), कंटकी (kaṇṭkī), कंटकित (kaṇṭkit)

   Antonyms: निष्कंटक (niṣkaṇṭak), अकंटक (akaṇṭak)

   • 1897, Tulsi Deva, श्रद्धाप्रकाश [śraddhāprakāś]‎^[1], Punjab Economical Press, page 8:

     […] क्षुधातुर मदमत्त हस्ती व्याघ्रादि हिंसक जन्तुओं से भरपूर महा घन सकंटक बन रूपी संसार में जीवन भर एकाकी डोलना दिखाई दिया […]

     […] kṣudhātur madmatt hastī vyāghrādi hinsak jantuõ se bharpūr mahā ghan sakaṇṭak ban rūpī sansār mẽ jīvan bhar ekākī ḍolnā dikhāī diyā […]

     In the very dense and thorny forest-like world full of ravenous and intoxicated elephants, tigers, etc. violent beings, wandering alone lifelong could be seen.

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सकंटक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4905
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सकंटक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 971
• “सकंटक”, in शब्द-परिवार कोश [Word-family dictionary], Rajpal & Sons, 1995, page 44