कार्तिक
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Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कार्त्तिक (kārttika), a vṛddhi derivative of कृत्तिका (kṛttikā, “cutter”), a variant of कृतिका (kṛtikā), from the root कृत् (kṛt, “to cut”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]कार्तिक • (kārtik) m
- Kartika (eighth month of the Hindu lunar calendar)
Declension
[edit]Declension of कार्तिक (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular | |
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direct | कार्तिक kārtik |
oblique | कार्तिक kārtik |
vocative | कार्तिक kārtik |
Related terms
[edit]- (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭh), आषाढ़ (āṣāṛh) / असाढ़ (asāṛh), श्रावण (śrāvaṇ), भाद्र (bhādra), आश्विन (āśvin), कार्तिक (kārtik), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣ) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇ), पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फाल्गुन (phālgun) (Category: hi:Hindu lunar calendar months)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “कार्तिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 248, 249.