अंधकार

See also: अधिकार, and अधिकारी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अन्धकार (andhakār)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अन्धकार (andhakāra). Doublet of अँधेरा (andherā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ənd̪ʱ.kɑːɾ/, [ɐ̃n̪d̪ʱ.käːɾ]

Noun

अंधकार • (andhkār) m (Urdu spelling اَنْدھکار)

1. darkness (the absence of light)

   Synonyms: अँधेरा (andherā), तिमिर (timir), तम (tam), तीरगी (tīrgī)

   Antonyms: प्रकाश (prakāś), रौशनी (rauśnī), उजाला (ujālā)

Declension

Declension of अंधकार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अंधकार andhkār	अंधकार andhkār
oblique	अंधकार andhkār	अंधकारों andhkārõ
vocative	अंधकार andhkār	अंधकारो andhkāro

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अंधकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 7
• “अंधकार”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.