भ्रष्ट

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भ्रष्ट (bhraṣṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱɾəʂʈ/, [bʱɾɐʂʈ]

Adjective

भ्रष्ट • (bhraṣṭ) (indeclinable)

1. corrupt, unprincipled

   Synonym: भ्रष्टाचारी (bhraṣṭācārī)

   भ्रष्ट अफ़सरों को हम रहने नहीं देंगे।

   bhraṣṭ afasrõ ko ham rahne nahī̃ deṅge.

   We will not let corrupt bureaucrats do as they please.

2. polluted, vile
3. destroyed

   Synonym: ध्वस्त (dhvast)

References

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