अखज

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

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Particularly: “Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚 (akhajja), from Sanskrit अखाद्य (akhādya)^[1]”

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.kʰəd͡ʒ/, [ɐ.kʰɐd͡ʒ]

Adjective edit

अखज • (akhaj)

unfit to be eaten
distasteful

Noun edit

अखज • (akhaj) m

(by extension) ill-will, hostility
- 2008 January 1, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Pandit Nehru Aur Anya Mahapurush, Lokbharti Prakashan, →ISBN, page 132:
  और यह सब इसलिए नहीं कि किसी को किसी से अखज या वैर था...
  aur yah sab islie nahī̃ ki kisī ko kisī se akhaj yā vair thā...
  And all that not because one had enmity or ill-will for the other...

Derived terms edit

अखज-अदावत (akhaj-adāvat)

References edit

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “akhādya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अखज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अखज”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “akhādya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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