गांधीगिरी

Hindi

FWOTD – 2 October 2019

From गांधी (gāndhī) +‎ -गिरी (-girī), originating from Bombay Hindi. The word was coined in the movie Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006).

गांधीगिरी • (gāndhīgirī) f

The practice of the ideals of Mohandas Gandhi, including nonviolence, satyagraha, and honesty. [from 21st c.]
- 2019 February 14, “नहीं सुधर रहा निगम, शुरू हुई गांधीगिरी [nahī̃ sudhar rahā nigam, śurū huī gāndhīgirī]”, in प्रभात खबर [prabhāt khabar]‎^[1]:
  मुख्य बाजार का कोढ़ बन चुके लोहापट्टी में जलजमाव की समस्या से निजात पाने के लिए दुकानदारों ने अब गांधीगिरी शुरू कर दी है.
  mukhya bājār kā koṛh ban cuke lohāpaṭṭī mẽ jaljamāv kī samasyā se nijāt pāne ke lie dukāndārõ ne ab gāndhīgirī śurū kar dī hai.
  To escape the problem of water-blockage in Lohapatti, as bad as a disease for Main Market, shop-owners have now begun a Gandhian non-violent protest.

Declension of गांधीगिरी (fem ī-stem)