अधकचरा

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Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /əd̪ʱ.kət͡ʃ.ɾɑː/,
  • Hyphenation: अध‧कच‧रा

Etymology 1

From अध- (adh-, half-) +‎ कच्चा (kaccā, raw; unripe; uncooked; unfinished; immature), कचरा (kacrā, garbage, trash).

Adjective

अधकचरा (adhkacrā)

  1. half-baked, undercooked
    Synonym: अपरिपक्व (apripakva)
    • 2009, S.R. Yatri, कलंदर, →ISBN, page 12:
      पकौड़ियों में पड़ी प्याज और आलू एकदम अधकचरे थे।
      pakauṛiyõ mẽ paṛī pyāj aur ālū ekdam adhkacre the.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. half-done, incomplete, semi-garbage, of poor quality
    Synonyms: अधूरा (adhūrā), अपूर्ण (apūrṇ)
    • 2010 [2002], Kala Nath Shastry, मानक हिन्दी का स्वरूप, Radhakrishna Prakashan, page 115:
      पंडित लोग इस बात की हँसी उड़ाते हैं कि अधकचरी हिन्दी जाननेवाले लोग ब्राह्मण वर्ग वाची गौड शब्द को अंग्रेजी के गॉड (ईश्वर) के रूप में उच्चारित करते हैं।
      paṇḍit log is bāt kī hãsī uṛāte ha͠i ki adhkacrī hindī jānnevāle log brāhmaṇ varg vācī gauḍ śabd ko aṅgrejī ke gŏḍ (īśvar) ke rūp mẽ uccārit karte ha͠i.
      Pandits laugh at the fact that people who know half-garbage Hindi pronounce the word Gauḍ referring to the Brahmin section like the English word God.
  3. immature, undeveloped, uneducated
    Synonyms: अपरिपक्व (apripakva), अप्रौढ़ (aprauṛh)
  4. unskilled, incompetent
    Synonyms: अकुशल (akuśal), अप्रवीण (apravīṇ)
Declension

Etymology 2

From अध- (adh-) +‎ कचरा (kacrā), an inflection of कचरना (kacarnā, to trample; press; chomp, chew loudly).

Adjective

अधकचरा (adhkacrā)

  1. not completely crushed; half-crushed, half-ground
    Synonyms: अधकुटा (adhkuṭā), अधपिसा (adhpisā), दरदरा (dardarā)
Declension

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