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Crab in Hindi

Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation

Crabnoun
केकड़ा
🗣️ kekaDDa [/keːk.ɽɑː/, [keːk.ɽäː], /kɹæb/]
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📖 Meaning of “crab”

The meaning of “crab” in Hindi is केकड़ा, pronounced kekaDDa — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

🔠 All meanings in Hindi
kekaDDa (noun) केकड़ा
(noun) कर्क राशिर
📘 Definition of crab

a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply

🟢 Similar words for crab
crab louse pubic louse phthirius pubis crabmeat cancer cancer the crab crabby person gripe bitch grouse beef squawk
✍️ Crab in a sentence
he caught a crab and lost the race
कर्क केकडा जब किसी वस्तु या जीव को अपने पंजों के जकड़ लेता है, तो उसे आसानी से नहीं छोडता है।
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (kakkaḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa, “crab”), with the word structure and semantic domain suggested borrowing from a substrate language; compare Santali ᱠᱟᱴᱠᱚᱢ (kaṭkôm, “crab”).

Quick facts about “crab”

Everything we know about this word at a glance.

Word (English)
Crab
Meaning in Hindi
केकड़ा
Pronunciation
kekaDDa
Part of speech
Noun
Similar words
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Word Origin (Etymology)
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (kakkaḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa, “crab”), with the word structure and semantic domain suggested borrowing from a substrate language; compare Santali ᱠᱟᱴᱠᱚᱢ (kaṭkôm, “crab”).

Frequently Asked Questions

The Hindi meaning of "crab" is केकड़ा (kekaDDa).
In Devanagari script it is written as केकड़ा.
It is pronounced "kekaDDa". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.