केंद्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit केन्द्र (kendra), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) (compare Latin centrum, English centre).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /keːnd̪ɾ/

Noun

केंद्र • (kendra) m

centre; middle, focus
Synonym: बीच (bīc)
(government) the centre
केंद्र-सरकार ― kendra-sarkār ― central government

Declension

Declension of केंद्र
	Singular	Plural
Direct	केंद्र (kendra)	केंद्र (kendra)
Oblique	केंद्र (kendra)	केंद्रों (kendrõ)
Vocative	केंद्र (kendra)	केंद्रो (kendro)

Derived terms

केंद्रीय (kendrīya, “central”)
केंद्रक (kendrak, “nucleus”)
केंद्रस्थ (kendrasth, “situated at the center”)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “केंद्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 2013

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