घातक
See also: घातुक
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit घातक (ghātaka).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡʱɑː.t̪ək/, [ɡʱäː.t̪ɐk]
Adjective
घातक • (ghātak)
- damaging, wounding, destructive
- Synonym: हानिकारक (hānikārak)
- malicious, malign
- Synonym: दुष्ट (duṣṭ)
- murderous blow
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “घातक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Alternative forms
- घातकी (ghātkī)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit घातक (ghātaka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʱa.t̪ək/
Adjective
घातक • (ghātak)
- damaging, injurious, destructive
- धूम्रपान आरोग्यासाठी घातक आहे ― dhūmrapān ārogyāsāṭhī ghātak āhe ― Smoking is injurious to health
- baleful, ruinous (in the context of information or slander)
- (figuratively) murderous
- Synonym: प्राणघातक (prāṇghātak)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “घातक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঘাতক (Assamese script)
- ᬖᬵᬢᬓ (Balinese script)
- ঘাতক (Bengali script)
- 𑰑𑰯𑰝𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀖𑀸𑀢𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ဃာတက (Burmese script)
- ઘાતક (Gujarati script)
- ਘਾਤਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌘𑌾𑌤𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦓꦴꦠꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂐𑂰𑂞𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಘಾತಕ (Kannada script)
- ឃាតក (Khmer script)
- ຆາຕກ (Lao script)
- ഘാതക (Malayalam script)
- ᢚᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘑𑘰𑘝𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠾᠠᢗᢐᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦱𑧑𑦽𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐑𑐵𑐟𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଘାତକ (Odia script)
- ꢕꢵꢡꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆔𑆳𑆠𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖑𑖯𑖝𑖎 (Siddham script)
- ඝාතක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩟𑩛𑩫𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚍𑚭𑚙𑚊 (Takri script)
- க⁴ாதக (Tamil script)
- ఘాతక (Telugu script)
- ฆาตก (Thai script)
- གྷཱ་ཏ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒒𑒰𑒞𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨎𑨊𑨙𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of घात (ghāta) + -क (-ka).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡʱɑː.tɐ.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡʱɑː.t̪ɐ.kɐ/
Noun
घातक • (ghātaka) stem, m or f
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “घातक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 377.