कलंक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कलङ्क (kalaṅka), possibly ultimately related to Latin caligo (“fog, mist, vapor”), Ancient Greek κελαινός (kelainós, “dark, black, swarthy”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kə.ləŋk/, [kɐ.lɐ̃ŋk]

Noun

कलंक • (kalaṅk) m

  1. blemish, mark
  2. disfigurement, abnormality
  3. accusation, recrimination

Declension

Declension of कलंक (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct कलंक
kalaṅk 		कलंक
kalaṅk
oblique कलंक
kalaṅk 		कलंकों
kalaṅkõ
vocative कलंक
kalaṅk 		कलंको
kalaṅko

References

  1. ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 82
  2. ^ Cooper, B. (2003). Of Cabbages and Kings: Lexicological and Etymological Studies on Russian Plant Nomenclature. United Kingdom: Astra Press, p. 143
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