कटाक्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कटाक्ष (kaṭākṣa), from कट (kaṭa, “surrounding; hip”) +‎ अक्ष (akṣa, “eye”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.ʈɑːkʂ/, [kɐ.ʈäːkʃ]

Noun

कटाक्ष • (kaṭākṣ) m

sideways glance, leer
(figurative) insult, slander, aspersion

Declension

Declension of कटाक्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कटाक्ष kaṭākṣ	कटाक्ष kaṭākṣ
oblique	कटाक्ष kaṭākṣ	कटाक्षों kaṭākṣõ
vocative	कटाक्ष kaṭākṣ	कटाक्षो kaṭākṣo

Derived terms

कटाक्ष करना (kaṭākṣ karnā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कटाक्ष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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