Kartik

noun

Kar·​tik

ˈkartik

plural -s

: a month of the Hindu year

Word History

Etymology

Hindi kārtik, from Sanskrit kārttika, from kṛttikā Pleiades; perhaps akin to Sanskrit kṛṇatti he spins

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