अपाहज

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अपाहिज (apāhij)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀧𑀸𑀳𑀚 (*apāhaja) losing the nasalisation in an earlier *𑀅𑀧𑀸𑀳𑀁𑀚 (*apāhaṃja), from Sanskrit अप- (apa-) +‎ आ (ā) +‎ *भञ्ज (bhañja), from the root भञ्ज् (bhañj, “to break”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.pɑː.ɦəd͡ʒ/, [ɐ.päː.ɦɐd͡ʒ]

Adjective

अपाहज • (apāhaj) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اپاہج)

1. halt, lame

Noun

अपाहज • (apāhaj) m (Urdu spelling اپاہج)

1. a disabled person

Declension

Declension of अपाहज (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अपाहज apāhaj	अपाहज apāhaj
oblique	अपाहज apāhaj	अपाहजों apāhajõ
vocative	अपाहज apāhaj	अपाहजो apāhajo

Further reading

• “अपाहिज”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अपाहज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page अपाहिज
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अपाहिज”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “अपाहज”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.