कार्तिक

Hindi

Alternative forms

कार्त्तिक (kārttik) — rare

Etymology

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

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɑːɾ.t̪ɪk/, [käːɾ.t̪ɪk]

Proper noun

कार्तिक • (kārtik) m

Kartika (eighth month of the Hindu lunar calendar)

Declension

Declension of कार्तिक (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	कार्तिक kārtik
oblique	कार्तिक kārtik
vocative	कार्तिक kārtik

Related terms

(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

Monier Williams (1899) “कार्तिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 248, 249.

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