नागशक्ति

Hindi

Alternative forms

नाग-शक्ति (nāg-śakti)

Etymology

A Sanskritic compound of नाग (nāg, “snake”) +‎ शक्ति f (śakti, “power, capability”); likely because of there association with snakes and their founder's ability as a "parselmouth" to speak parseltongue (the language of snakes in Harry Potter).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑːɡ.ʃək.t̪iː/, [näːɡ.ʃɐk.t̪iː]

Proper noun

नागशक्ति • (nāgśakti) m

Slytherin

Declension

Declension of *नागशक्ति* (sg-only masc i-stem)
	singular
direct	नागशक्ति nāgśakti
oblique	नागशक्ति nāgśakti
vocative	नागशक्ति nāgśakti

Coordinate terms

गरुड़द्वार (garuṛadvār, “Gryffindor”)
मेहनतकश (mehnatkaś, “Hufflepuff”)
चीलघात (cīlghāt, “Ravenclaw”)