संकट (sankat)
noun
A single core meaning: a crisis, danger, or difficulty -- used for everything from a national emergency to a personal tight spot.
Sense
1
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crisis, danger, difficulty
noun, masculine
Synonyms: मुसीबत (musiibat), विपत्ति (vipatti, formal), आपदा (aapdaa, large-scale calamity), खतरा (khatraa, danger specifically)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear this word constantly in the news -- आर्थिक संकट (aarthik sankat, 'economic crisis'), राजनीतिक संकट (raajniitik sankat, 'political crisis') -- but it works just as naturally in daily speech for something as small as being stuck without cash before payday. It also appears in the devotional hymn संकट मोचन (sankat mochan, 'remover of troubles'), a title for Hanuman, which is why the word carries a faint echo of divine rescue even in secular use.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for खतरा (khatraa) when they mean संकट (sankat) -- खतरा (khatraa) is the danger or risk itself, while संकट (sankat) is the wider crisis or predicament that the danger has caused. 2) संकट (sankat) commonly takes में (men) to describe being 'in' a crisis, as in संकट में होना (sankat men honaa, 'to be in crisis') -- learners sometimes try को (ko) here by analogy with other constructions.
Sample Sentences:
देश इस समय गंभीर आर्थिक संकट से गुजर रहा है।
The country is currently going through a severe economic crisis.
(desh is samay gambhiir aarthik sankat se gujar rahaa hai।)
सरकार को राजनीतिक संकट का सामना करना पड़ा।
The government had to face a political crisis.
(sarkaar ko raajniitik sankat kaa saamnaa karnaa padaa।)
महीने के आखिर में मुझ पर हमेशा पैसों का संकट आ जाता है।
At the end of the month I always end up in a money crunch.
(mahiine ke aakhir men mujh par hameshaa paison kaa sankat aa jaataa hai।)
अगर हम अभी नहीं संभले, तो यह संकट और गहरा हो जाएगा।
If we don't get a grip now, this crisis will only deepen.
(agar ham abhii nahiin sambhle, to yah sankat aur gahraa ho jaaegaa।)
अगर उसने समय रहते चेतावनी दी होती, तो यह संकट टल जाता।
If he had warned in time, this crisis would have been averted.
(agar usne samay rahte chetaavnii dii hotii, to yah sankat tal jaataa।)
कंपनी इस संकट से कैसे निकलेगी, यह कोई नहीं जानता।
Nobody knows how the company will come out of this crisis.
(kampnii is sankat se kaise niklegii, yah koii nahiin jaantaa।)
संकट के समय धैर्य बनाए रखना जरूरी है।
It's important to stay patient in a time of crisis.
(sankat ke samay dhairy banaae rakhnaa jaroorii hai।)
घबरा मत, यह संकट भी टल जाएगा।
Don't panic, this crisis will pass too.
(ghabraa mat, yah sankat bhii tal jaaegaa।)
हे संकट मोचन, हमें इस विपत्ति से उबार लो।
O remover of crises, deliver us from this calamity.
(he sankat mochan, hamen is vipatti se ubaar lo।)
यह जरूरी नहीं कि हर संकट का हल तुरंत मिल जाए।
It's not necessary that every crisis finds an immediate solution.
(yah jaroorii nahiin ki har sankat kaa hal turant mil jaae।)
संकट के दौरान कई परिवारों को राहत सामग्री बांटी गई।
During the crisis, relief supplies were distributed to many families.
(sankat ke dauraan kaii parivaaron ko raahat saamagrii baantii gaii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
संकट
(sankat)
(sg.m.oblique):
संकट
(sankat)
(pl.m.direct):
संकट
(sankat)
(pl.m.oblique):
संकटों
(sankton)