दारिद्र्य

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दारिद्र्य (dāridrya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.ɾɪd̪.ɾjᵊ/, [d̪äː.ɾɪd̪.ɾjᵊ]

Noun

दारिद्र्य • (dāridrya) m

1. Alternative form of दारिद्र (dāridra, “poverty”)

Declension

Declension of दारिद्र्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दारिद्र्य dāridrya	दारिद्र्य dāridrya
oblique	दारिद्र्य dāridrya	दारिद्र्यों dāridryõ
vocative	दारिद्र्य dāridrya	दारिद्र्यो dāridryo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• दारिद्र (dāridra) — without -ya extension

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দাৰিদ্ৰ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬵᬭᬶᬤ᭄ᬭ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• দারিদ্র্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰯𑰨𑰰𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀭𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဒါရိဒျြ (Burmese script)
• દારિદ્ર્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਦਾਰਿਦ੍ਰ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦴꦫꦶꦢꦿꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂰𑂩𑂱𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ದಾರಿದ್ರ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ទារិទ្យ៌ (Khmer script)
• ທາຣິທ຺ຣ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ദാരിദ്ര്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᡳᡩᡵᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘰𑘨𑘱𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᢗᠷᠢᢑᠷᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧑𑧈𑧒𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐵𑐬𑐶𑐡𑑂𑐬𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଦାରିଦ୍ର୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢵꢬꢶꢣ꣄ꢬ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆳𑆫𑆴𑆢𑇀𑆫𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖯𑖨𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• දාරිද්‍ර්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩛𑩼𑩑𑩭 𑪙𑩼 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚭𑚤𑚮𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• த³ாரித்³ர்ய (Tamil script)
• దారిద్ర్య (Telugu script)
• ทาริทฺรฺย (Thai script)
• དཱ་རི་དྲྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒰𑒩𑒱𑒠𑓂𑒩𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨊𑨫𑨁𑨛𑩇𑨫𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vrddhi derivative of दरिद्र (dáridra) with a -य (-ya) extension.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑː.ɾid.ɾjɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑːˈɾid̪.ɾjɐ/

Noun

दारिद्र्य • (dāridrya) stem, n

1. poverty, indigence

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of दारिद्र्य (dāridrya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दारिद्र्यम् dāridryam	दारिद्र्ये dāridrye	दारिद्र्याणि / दारिद्र्या¹ dāridryāṇi / dāridryā¹
Vocative	दारिद्र्य dāridrya	दारिद्र्ये dāridrye	दारिद्र्याणि / दारिद्र्या¹ dāridryāṇi / dāridryā¹
Accusative	दारिद्र्यम् dāridryam	दारिद्र्ये dāridrye	दारिद्र्याणि / दारिद्र्या¹ dāridryāṇi / dāridryā¹
Instrumental	दारिद्र्येण dāridryeṇa	दारिद्र्याभ्याम् dāridryābhyām	दारिद्र्यैः / दारिद्र्येभिः¹ dāridryaiḥ / dāridryebhiḥ¹
Dative	दारिद्र्याय dāridryāya	दारिद्र्याभ्याम् dāridryābhyām	दारिद्र्येभ्यः dāridryebhyaḥ
Ablative	दारिद्र्यात् dāridryāt	दारिद्र्याभ्याम् dāridryābhyām	दारिद्र्येभ्यः dāridryebhyaḥ
Genitive	दारिद्र्यस्य dāridryasya	दारिद्र्ययोः dāridryayoḥ	दारिद्र्याणाम् dāridryāṇām
Locative	दारिद्र्ये dāridrye	दारिद्र्ययोः dāridryayoḥ	दारिद्र्येषु dāridryeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: dāḷiddiya
• Prakrit: 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤 (dāridda)

  Paisaci Prakrit:

  • Punjabi: ਦਰਿੱਦ (daridda), ਦਰਿੱਦਰ (dariddar)

  Sauraseni Prakrit:

  • Hindustani: dārid

    Hindi: दारिद

    Urdu: دارِد

• → Hindustani: dāridra (from Sanskrit दारिद्र (dāridra))

  Hindi: दारिद्र

  Urdu: دارِدْر (dāridr)

• → Tamil: தாரித்திரம் (tārittiram)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “दारिद्र्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 476, column 1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “दारिद्र्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dāridrya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press