अधीन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अधीन (adhīna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ʱiːn/, [ɐ.d̪ʱĩːn]

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Adjective

अधीन • (adhīn) (indeclinable)

1. subject, under, subservient
2. docile, submissive

Derived terms

• अधिनीकरण (adhinīkraṇ)
• अधीनता (adhīntā)
• अधीनस्थ (adhīnasth)
• के अधीन (ke adhīn, “subject to, subservient to; controlled by”)
• निर्माणाधीन (nirmāṇādhīn)
• स्वाधीन (svādhīn, “independent”)
• स्वाधीनता (svādhīntā)

 

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “अधीन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अधीन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “अधीन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अधीन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press