कल्पना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कल्पना (kalpanā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəl.pə.nɑː/

Noun

कल्पना • (kalpanā) f

  1. imagination
  2. hypothesis, guess

Declension
Declension of कल्पना
Singular Plural
Direct कल्पना (kalpanā) कल्पनाएँ (kalpanāẽ)
Oblique कल्पना (kalpanā) कल्पनाओं (kalpanāon)
Vocative कल्पना (kalpanā) कल्पनाओ (kalpanāo)

Derived terms
  • कल्पनादर्श (kalpanādarś)
  • परिकल्पना (parikalpanā)
    • परिकल्पनात्मक (parikalpanātmak)
  • प्राक्कल्पना (prākkalpanā)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From कल्प (kalpa)

Noun

कल्पना • (kalpanā) f

  1. making, manufacturing, preparing Suṡr. BhP.
  2. practice Car.
  3. fixing, settling, arranging Mn. ix, 116 Yājñ.
  4. creating in the mind, feigning, assuming anything to be real, fiction KapS. &c.
  5. hypothesis Nyāyam.
  6. caparisoning an elephant Daṡ.
  7. form, shape, image
  8. a deed, work, act Mṛicch.
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