व्याकुल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्याकुल (vyākula).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋjɑː.kʊl/, [ʋjäː.kʊl]

Adjective

व्याकुल • (vyākul) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling وياکل)

1. perturbed, upset, confused, agitated, discomposed

   Synonym: परेशान (pareśān)

   इस समाचार ने मुझे व्याकुल कर दिया।

   is samācār ne mujhe vyākul kar diyā.

   This news has perturbed me.

Derived terms

• व्याकुलता (vyākultā)
• व्याकुलित (vyākulit)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “व्याकुल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa, Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “व्याकुल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “व्याकुल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “व्याकुल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press