कायापलट

Hindi

Etymology

काया (kāyā) +‎ पलटना (palaṭnā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɑː.jɑː.pə.ləʈ/, [käː.jäː.pɐ.lɐʈ]

Noun

कायापलट • (kāyāpalaṭ) f

1. radical transformation (of a person, situation, social-order etc.)
2. (biology) metamorphosis

   Synonyms: कायांतरण (kāyāntraṇ), रूपांतरण (rūpāntraṇ)

Declension

Declension of कायापलट (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कायापलट kāyāpalaṭ	कायापलटें kāyāpalaṭẽ
oblique	कायापलट kāyāpalaṭ	कायापलटों kāyāpalaṭõ
vocative	कायापलट kāyāpalaṭ	कायापलटो kāyāpalaṭo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “काया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कायापलट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “काया”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.