खाजगी

Marathi

Alternative forms

• खासगी (khāsgī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَاصَگِی (xāsagī). Compare Gujarati ખાસગી (khāsgī), Kannada ಖಾಸಗಿ (khāsagi), Hindustani خَاصْگِی / ख़ासगी (xāsgī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰad͡z.ɡi/, [kʰad͡z.ɡiː]
• Hyphenation: खाज‧गी
• Rhymes: -i

Adjective

खाजगी • (khāj̈gī) (indeclinable)

1. private

   Antonym: सार्वजनिक (sārvajnik)

2. personal, individual

   Synonym: वैयक्तिक (vaiyaktik)

Derived terms

• खाजगीकरण (khāj̈gīkaraṇ, “privatization”)

 

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “खाजगी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “खासगी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 206
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “खास(ज)गी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 880.