कीर्तन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कीर्तन (kīrtana).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kiːɾ.t̪ən/, [kiːɾ.t̪ɐ̃n]

Noun

कीर्तन • (kīrtan) m (Urdu spelling کیرتن)

praise; veneration (of deities)
(Hinduism) the group singing of bhajans (devotional songs)

Declension

Declension of *कीर्तन* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	कीर्तन kīrtan	कीर्तन kīrtan
oblique	कीर्तन kīrtan	कीर्तनों kīrtanõ
vocative	कीर्तन kīrtan	कीर्तनो kīrtano

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कीर्तन (kīrtana).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kiɾ.t̪ən/
Hyphenation: कीर्‧तन
Rhymes: -ən

Noun

कीर्तन • (kīrtan) n^[1]^[2]^[3] (Hinduism, Sikhism)

the group singing of bhajans in the praise of deities.

Declension

Declension of कीर्तन (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	कीर्तन kīrtan
direct plural	कीर्तने, कीर्तनं kīrtane, kīrtana
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	कीर्तन kīrtan	कीर्तने, कीर्तनं kīrtane, kīrtana
oblique सामान्यरूप	कीर्तना kīrtanā	कीर्तनां- kīrtanān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	कीर्तनाला kīrtanālā	कीर्तनांना kīrtanānnā
ergative	कीर्तनाने, कीर्तनानं kīrtanāne, kīrtanāna	कीर्तनांनी kīrtanānnī
instrumental	कीर्तनाशी kīrtanāśī	कीर्तनांशी kīrtanānśī
locative सप्तमी	कीर्तनात kīrtanāt	कीर्तनांत kīrtanāt
vocative संबोधन	कीर्तना kīrtanā	कीर्तनांनो kīrtanānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of कीर्तन (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	कीर्तनाचा kīrtanāċā	कीर्तनाचे kīrtanāċe	कीर्तनाची kīrtanācī	कीर्तनाच्या kīrtanācā	कीर्तनाचे, कीर्तनाचं kīrtanāċe, kīrtanāċa	कीर्तनाची kīrtanācī	कीर्तनाच्या kīrtanācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	कीर्तनांचा kīrtanānċā	कीर्तनांचे kīrtanānċe	कीर्तनांची kīrtanāñcī	कीर्तनांच्या kīrtanāncā	कीर्तनांचे, कीर्तनांचं kīrtanānċe, kīrtanānċa	कीर्तनांची kīrtanāñcī	कीर्तनांच्या kīrtanāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

कीर्तनकार (kīrtankār)

Proper noun

कीर्तन • (kīrtan) m

a male given name from Sanskrit

References

More information

^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “कीर्तन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “कीर्तन”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
^ Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “कीर्तन”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

[1] Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “कीर्तन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

[2] दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “कीर्तन”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

[3] Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “कीर्तन”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

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