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Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀆𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (*ākkaḍa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ə.kəɖ/
- Hyphenation: अ‧कड
- Rhymes: -əɖ
Noun
अकड • (akaḍ) f
- swagger, strut, affectation (excessive self-esteem)
- Synonym: (more common) तोरा (torā)
609–632 CE, Qur'an, Albirr Foundation, 19:69:मग आम्ही प्रत्येक समूहापासून त्यांना वेगळे काढून उभे करू, जे अतिशय दयावान अल्लाहपासून मोठी अकड दाखवित फिरत होते.- mag āmhī pratyek samūhāpāsūn tyānnā vegḷe kāḍhūn ubhe karū, j̈e atiśay dayāvān allāhpāsūn moṭhī akaḍ dākhvit phirat hote.
- Then We will certainly begin by dragging out of every group the ones most defiant to the Most Compassionate.
2023 January 10, Nitish Gadge, “महागाईने होरपळणाऱ्या पाकिस्तानमध्ये पारलेजी बिस्कीट कितीला मिळतयं? [Pakistan Inflation: How much is a Parle-G biscuit for in inflation-ridden Pakistan]”, in TV9Marathi, archived from the original on 3 May 2023:दहशतवादाला खतपाणी घालनाऱ्या देशात आज महागाईमुळे हाहाकार माजला आहे. मात्र असे असतानाही दहशतवाद्यांची अकड मात्र कायम आहे.- dahśatvādālā khatpāṇī ghālnāryā deśāt āj̈ mahāgāīmuḷe hāhākār māj̈lā āhe. mātra ase astānāhī dahśatvādyāñcī akaḍ mātra kāyam āhe.
- Inflation has wreaked havoc today a country that fosters terrorism. However, the swagger of terrorists remains.
Further reading
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अकड”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 1
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “अकड, अक्कड”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2.