प्रादेशिक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रादेशिक (prādeśika). By surface analysis, प्रदेश (pradeś) +‎ -इक (-ik).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.d̪eː.ʃɪk/, [pɾäː.d̪eː.ʃɪk]

Adjective

प्रादेशिक • (prādeśik) (indeclinable)

1. regional, provincial, local

See also

• प्रादेशिकता (prādeśiktā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रादेशिक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 669

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रादेशिक (prādeśika). By surface analysis, प्रदेश (pradeś, “region”) +‎ -इक (-ik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾa.d̪e.ɕik/, [pɾa.d̪e.ɕiːk]

Adjective

प्रादेशिक • (prādeśik)

1. regional

Derived terms

• प्रादेशिकता (prādeśiktā, “regionalism”)