Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 3, 2010 05:36
14 yrs ago
Hindi term
करुण
Hindi to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Quotation in Textbook
Greetings,
The sentence in full (from my Hindi textbook):
गीत विरह का था, पर जाने क्यों मुझे करुण नहीं लगा।
I was just wondering if it might be a dialect, as after the sentence it says (Ashk) – or perhaps this “Ashk” is the author?
All the best, and many thanks,
Simon
The sentence in full (from my Hindi textbook):
गीत विरह का था, पर जाने क्यों मुझे करुण नहीं लगा।
I was just wondering if it might be a dialect, as after the sentence it says (Ashk) – or perhaps this “Ashk” is the author?
All the best, and many thanks,
Simon
Proposed translations
(English)
5 +5 | touching, pathetic | Lalit Sati |
4 | Compassionate | Ramesh Bhatt |
Proposed translations
+5
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touching, pathetic
yes, author's name - Ashk (अश्क)
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Note added at 8 mins (2010-05-03 05:44:57 GMT)
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Upendra Nath Ashk - http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/ashk.html
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Note added at 8 mins (2010-05-03 05:44:57 GMT)
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Upendra Nath Ashk - http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/ashk.html
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "many thanks excellent"
2 hrs
Compassionate
Something which draws/incites Compassion in you.
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Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2010-05-04 14:21:52 GMT)
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Reference:
http://shabdkosh.com/s?e=compassionate&f=0&t=0&l=hi
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Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2010-05-04 14:23:51 GMT)
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करुण, करुणा-युक्त and करुणामय are synonyms
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Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2010-05-04 14:21:52 GMT)
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Reference:
http://shabdkosh.com/s?e=compassionate&f=0&t=0&l=hi
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Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2010-05-04 14:23:51 GMT)
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करुण, करुणा-युक्त and करुणामय are synonyms
Peer comment(s):
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Martin Cassell
: compassionate describes a person who feels compassion for others - करुण-हृदय
1 day 5 hrs
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Thank you! करुण and करुणामय are synonyms, and whcih is the same thing as compassionate. Ref. to: http://shabdkosh.com/s?e=compassionate&f=0&t=0&l=hi
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