दुर्दांत
Hindi
Alternative forms
- दुर्दान्त (durdānt)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit दुर्दान्त (durdānta).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪ʊɾ.d̪ɑːnt̪/, [d̪ʊɾ.d̪ä̃ːn̪t̪]
Adjective
दुर्दांत • (durdānt) (indeclinable)
- uncontrolled, untamed; uncontrollable
- 1972, Devi Prashad Gupta, हिन्दी के आधुनिक पौराणिक महाकाव्य [hindī ke ādhunik paurāṇik mahākāvya, Modern mythological epics of Hindi], Upama Prakashan, page 158:
- सृष्टि रचना के प्रारम्भ से लेकर आज तक यह भीष्म और दुर्दान्त समस्या के रूप में मानवता के समक्ष एक चुनौती के रूप में खड़ी रही है।
- sŕṣṭi racnā ke prārambh se lekar āj tak yah bhīṣma aur durdānt samasyā ke rūp mẽ mānavtā ke samakṣ ek cunautī ke rūp mẽ khaṛī rahī hai.
- From the beginning of creation to the present day, it has stood as a challenge before humanity in the form of a terrible and uncontrolled problem.
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दुर्दांत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 504
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