शिकस्त

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian شکست (šikast), past stem of the verb شکستن (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

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

Noun

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शिकस्त (śikastf (Urdu spelling شکست)

  1. defeat, failure
    Synonyms: पराजय (parājay), हार (hār)
    Antonyms: जीत (jīt), फ़तह (fatah)
  2. breakage, breaking
    Synonyms: टूट (ṭūṭ), भंग (bhaṅg)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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