अपंग

Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit अपाङ्ग (apāṅga). Doublet of अपांग (apāṅg). Compare Gujarati અપંગ (apaṅg), Marathi अपंग (apaṅga), Punjabi ਅਪੰਗ (apaṅg) / اَپَنگ (apang), Bengali অপাঙ্গ (opaṅgo), Maithili अपाङ्ग (apāṅga) / 𑒁𑒣𑒰𑒓𑓂𑒑 (apāṅga).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.pəŋɡ/, [ɐ.pɐ̃ŋɡ]

Adjective

अपंग • (apaṅg) (Urdu spelling اَپَنگ)

1. maimed
2. infirm, helpless

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अपंग”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “अपंग”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अपंग”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “अपंग”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Marathi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit अपाङ्ग (apāṅga). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘀𑘢𑘰𑘽𑘐 (apāṃga). Doublet of अपांग (apāṅga). Compare Gujarati અપંગ (apaṅg), Hindustani اَپَنگ / अपंग (apaṅg), Punjabi ਅਪੰਗ (apaṅg) / اَپَنگ (apang), Bengali অপাঙ্গ (opaṅgo), Maithili अपाङ्ग (apāṅga) / 𑒁𑒣𑒰𑒓𑓂𑒑 (apāṅga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.pəŋ.ɡə/

Adjective

अपंग • (apaṅga)

1. crippled, handicapped, disabled

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “अपंग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अपंग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अपंग”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).