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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षम (akṣama).
Pronunciation
Adjective
अक्षम • (akṣam) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اکشم)
- incompetent, incapable
Synonyms
- (more common) नालायक (nālāyak)
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षम (akṣama).
Pronunciation
Adjective
अक्षम • (akṣam) (indeclinable)
- incapable, incompetent
- Synonym: असमर्थ (asmartha)
- (uncommon) impatient
- Synonym: अधीर (adhīr)
References
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “अक्षम”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Pronunciation
Adjective
अक्षम • (akṣama) stem
- unable to endure, impatient
- incompetent, incapable
- envious