कलंकित

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कलङ्कित (kalaṅkita). By surface analysis, कलंक (kalaṅk) +‎ -इत (-it).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.ləŋ.kɪt̪/, [kɐ.lɐ̃ŋ.kɪt̪]

Adjective

कलंकित • (kalaṅkit) (indeclinable)

1. blemished, disgraced

Derived terms

• कलंकित करना (kalaṅkit karnā, “to disgrace”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कलंकित”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press