अनिवार्य

Hindi edit

FWOTD – 10 July 2020

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनिवार्य (anivārya, “unavoidable , irresistible”), from नि (ni) + वार्य (vārya, “to be warded, checked or impeded”).

अनिवार्य • (anivārya) (indeclinable)

mandatory, compulsory
- Al-Quran 2.208:
  तुम पर युद्ध अनिवार्य किया गया और वह तुम्हें अप्रिय है
  tum par yuddh anivārya kiyā gayā aur vah tumhẽ apriya hai
  Fighting has been made mandatory for you and you dislike it
essential, necessary
Synonyms: आवश्यक (āvaśyak), ज़रूरी (zarūrī)

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