Marathi edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناخوش (nāxuš, nāxaš). By surface analysis, ना- (nā-) +‎ खुश (khuś). Compare Gujarati નાખુશ (nākhuś), Hindustani ناخوش (nāxoś) / नाख़ुश (nāxuś), Sindhi ناخوشِ / नाख़ुशि, Punjabi ਨਾਖੁਸ਼ (nākhuś) / ناخوش (nāxoś), Odia ନାଖୁସ (nakhusô), Nepali नाखुस (nākhus), Bengali নাখুশ (nakhuś), নাখোশ (nakhōś).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /na.kʰuɕ/, [na.kʰuːɕ]

Adjective edit

नाखुश (nākhuś)

  1. displeased

Further reading edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “नाखूष”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 76.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नाखूश”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 455
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “ना”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).