अल्पतंत्र

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • अल्प-तंत्र (alp-tantra)

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from अल्प (alp, “few”) +‎ -तंत्र (-tantra, “-cracy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /əl.pə.t̪ən.t̪ɾᵊ/, [ɐl.pɐ.t̪ɐ̃n̪.t̪ɾᵊ]

Noun

अल्पतंत्र • (alpatantra) m

  1. (government) oligarchy, the rule of the few

References

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