लांछित

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लाञ्छित (lāñchita), which is from the root लाञ्छ् (lāñch) +‎ -इत (-ita).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /lɑːn.t͡ʃʰɪt̪/, [lä̃ːn.t͡ʃʰɪt̪]

Adjective

लांछित • (lāñchit) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لانچهت)

1. marked, characterised, distinguished
2. blamed, reproached, stigmatised

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लांछित”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “लांछित”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.