वाकडे

Marathi

Alternative forms

• वाकरं (vākra) — East Indian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘪𑘽𑘎𑘘 (vaṃkaṭa), 𑘪𑘰𑘎𑘘 (vākaṭa), 𑘪𑘰𑘽𑘎𑘳𑘚 (vāṃkuḍa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀁𑀓𑀼𑀟 (vaṃkuḍa) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-)), 𑀯𑀁𑀓𑀼𑀡 (vaṃkuṇa), from Sanskrit वङ्कु (vaṅkú). Cognate with Hindi बाँकुरा (bā̃kurā).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /ʋak.ɖe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʋak.ɖə/

Adjective

वाकडे • (vākḍe)

1. bent, crooked
2. (figurative) hostile

   कुत्र्याचे शेपूट वाकडे ते वाकडेच

   kutryāce śepūṭ vākḍe te vākḍec

   a leopard cannot change its spots

Noun

वाकडे • (vākḍe) n

1. something awry, perverse
2. deviousness, hostility

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “वाकडे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वांकडा,_वाकडा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “वा(वां)कडा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vaṅkú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press