अखज

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚 (akhajja), from Sanskrit अखाद्य (akhādya)[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.kʰəd͡ʒ/, [ɐ.kʰɐd͡ʒ]

Adjective[edit]

अखज (akhaj)

  1. unfit to be eaten
  2. distasteful

Noun[edit]

अखज (akhajm

  1. (by extension) ill-will, hostility
    • 2008 January 1, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Pandit Nehru Aur Anya Mahapurush, Lokbharti Prakashan, →ISBN, page 132:
      और यह सब इसलिए नहीं कि किसी को किसी से अखज या वैर था...
      aur yah sab islie nahī̃ ki kisī ko kisī se akhaj yā vair thā...
      And all that not because one had enmity or ill-will for the other...

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “akhādya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press