शिकस्त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šikast), past stem of the verb (šekastan, “to break”), from Middle Persian škstn' (škastan, “to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-, an extension of the root *skey-. Compare Punjabi ਸ਼ਿਕਸਤ (śiksat), Gujarati શિકસ્ત (śikast), Marathi शिकस्त (śikasta).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kəst̪/, [ʃɪ.kɐst̪]

Noun

शिकस्त • (śikast) f (Urdu spelling شکست)

defeat, failure
Synonyms: पराजय (parājay), हार (hār)

Antonyms: जीत (jīt), फ़तह (fatah)
breakage, breaking
Synonyms: टूट (ṭūṭ), भंग (bhaṅg)

Declension

Declension of शिकस्त (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शिकस्त śikast	शिकस्तें śikastẽ
oblique	शिकस्त śikast	शिकस्तों śikastõ
vocative	शिकस्त śikast	शिकस्तो śikasto

Derived terms

शिकस्त खाना (śikast khānā)
शिकस्त देना (śikast denā)
शिकस्त होना (śikast honā)

Related terms

शिकस्ता (śikastā)
शिकस्तगी (śikastagī)

References

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

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