क्षुद्र

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʂʊd̪.ɾᵊ/, [kʃʊd̪.ɾᵊ]

Etymology 1

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Adjective

क्षुद्र • (kṣudra) (indeclinable)

  1. unimportant
  2. minor, minute, small
  3. insubstantial

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शूद्र (śūdra).

Noun

क्षुद्र • (kṣudra) m

  1. Alternative form of शूद्र (śūdra).
Declension

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšudrás (minute, tiny; dispersed), from Proto-Indo-European *k⁽ʷ⁾sewd- (to disperse, disintegrate). Cognate with Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬎𐬛𐬭𐬀 (xšudra, liquid). Compare also क्षुल्ल (kṣulla, small) and क्षुद् (kṣud, to crush).

Pronunciation

Adjective

क्षुद्र • (kṣudrá) stem

  1. very small, minute, diminutive
  2. little, trifling
  3. mean, low, vile

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of क्षुद्रा (kṣudrā́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative क्षुद्रा
kṣudrā́
क्षुद्रे
kṣudré
क्षुद्राः
kṣudrā́ḥ
Vocative क्षुद्रे
kṣúdre
क्षुद्रे
kṣúdre
क्षुद्राः
kṣúdrāḥ
Accusative क्षुद्राम्
kṣudrā́m
क्षुद्रे
kṣudré
क्षुद्राः
kṣudrā́ḥ
Instrumental क्षुद्रया / क्षुद्रा¹
kṣudráyā / kṣudrā́¹
क्षुद्राभ्याम्
kṣudrā́bhyām
क्षुद्राभिः
kṣudrā́bhiḥ
Dative क्षुद्रायै
kṣudrā́yai
क्षुद्राभ्याम्
kṣudrā́bhyām
क्षुद्राभ्यः
kṣudrā́bhyaḥ
Ablative क्षुद्रायाः
kṣudrā́yāḥ
क्षुद्राभ्याम्
kṣudrā́bhyām
क्षुद्राभ्यः
kṣudrā́bhyaḥ
Genitive क्षुद्रायाः
kṣudrā́yāḥ
क्षुद्रयोः
kṣudráyoḥ
क्षुद्राणाम्
kṣudrā́ṇām
Locative क्षुद्रायाम्
kṣudrā́yām
क्षुद्रयोः
kṣudráyoḥ
क्षुद्रासु
kṣudrā́su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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Descendants

Noun

क्षुद्र • (kṣudra) stem, m

  1. a small particle of rice

Declension

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Noun

क्षुद्र • (kṣudra) stem, n

  1. a particle of dust, flour, meal

Declension

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899), क्षुद्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 330/2-3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 434; 439
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), kṣudrá́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 193
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