अग्रिम

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्रिम (agrimá). By surface analysis, अग्र (agra) +‎ -इम (-im).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əɡ.ɾɪm/,

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अग्रिम • (agrim) (indeclinable) (formal)

1. first, chief, principal

   Synonym: मुख्य (mukhya)

2. highest, loftiest

   Synonym: उच्चतम (uccatam)

3. early, initial, prior

अग्रिम • (agrim) m

1. advance payment

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अग्रिम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अग्रिम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha

From अग्र (ágra) +‎ -इम (-ima).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɡ.ɾi.mɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐɡ.ɾi.mɐ/

अग्रिम • (agrimá) stem

1. being in front, preceding, prior, furthest advanced
2. occurring further on or below
3. foremost, best, excellent, preferable, superior
4. eldest, principal

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺𑀫 (aggima)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: (aggiõ)
• → Hindi: अग्रिम (agrim) (learned)

• Monier Williams (1899) “अग्रिम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 6, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agrimá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press