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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)
- half-baked, undercooked
- Synonym: अपरिपक्व (apripakva)
- 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.
- immature, undeveloped, uneducated
- Synonyms: अपरिपक्व (apripakva), अप्रौढ़ (aprauṛh)
- unskilled, incompetent
- Synonyms: अकुशल (akuśal), अप्रवीण (apravīṇ)
Declension
Declension of अधकचरा (ā-stem)
Etymology 2
From अध- (adh-) + कचरा (kacrā), an inflection of कचरना (kacarnā, “to trample; press; chomp, chew loudly”).
Adjective
अधकचरा • (adhkacrā)
- not completely crushed; half-crushed, half-ground
- Synonyms: अधकुटा (adhkuṭā), अधपिसा (adhpisā), दरदरा (dardarā)
Declension
Declension of अधकचरा (ā-stem)
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