अपहरण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अपहरण (apaharaṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əp.ɦə.ɾəɳ/, [ɐp.ɦɐ.ɾɐ̃ɳ]

Noun

अपहरण • (apharaṇ) m (Urdu spelling اپہرن)

1. abduction, kidnapping

   अरे मेरी बेटी का अपहरण हो गया!

   are merī beṭī kā apharaṇ ho gayā!

   Oh no, my daughter has been kidnapped!

2. stealing, robbing

Declension

Declension of अपहरण (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अपहरण apharaṇ	अपहरण apharaṇ
oblique	अपहरण apharaṇ	अपहरणों apharaṇõ
vocative	अपहरण apharaṇ	अपहरणो apharaṇo

Synonyms

• अग़वा (aġvā)

Derived terms

• अपहरण करना (apharaṇ karnā)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अपहरण (apaharaṇa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.pəɦ.ɾəɳ/, [ə.pə.ɾəɳ]

Noun

अपहरण • (apahraṇ) m

1. abduction
2. plundering, seizing

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अपहरण”, 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) “अपहरण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Sanskrit

Etymology

Compound of अप (apá, “off, away”) +‎ हरण (haraṇa, “abduction”)

Noun

अपहरण • (apaharaṇa) stem, m

1. taking away, carrying off
2. stealing

Descendants

• Bengali: অপহরণ (op'horon)
• Hindi: अपहरण (apahraṇ)
• Kannada: ಅಪಹರಣ (apaharaṇa)
• Marathi: अपहरण (apahraṇ)
• Telugu: అపహరణము (apaharaṇamu)