खाजगी
Marathi edit
Alternative forms edit
- खासगी (khāsgī)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian خَاصَگِی (xāsagī). Compare Gujarati ખાસગી (khāsgī), Kannada ಖಾಸಗಿ (khāsagi), Hindustani خَاصْگِی / ख़ासगी (xāsgī).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
खाजगी • (khāj̈gī) (indeclinable)
- private
- Antonym: सार्वजनिक (sārvajnik)
- personal, individual
- Synonym: वैयक्तिक (vaiyaktik)
Derived terms edit
- खाजगीकरण (khāj̈gīkaraṇ, “privatization”)
Further reading edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “खाजगी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “खासगी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 206
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “खास(ज)गी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 880.