Crab in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
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.
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
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”).
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