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Hindi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit अपाङ्ग (apāṅga). Doublet of अपांग (apāṅg). Compare Gujarati અપંગ (apaṅg), Marathi अपंग (apaṅga), Punjabi ਅਪੰਗ (apaṅg) / اَپَنگ (apang), Bengali অপাঙ্গ (opaṅgo), Maithili अपाङ्ग (apāṅga) / 𑒁𑒣𑒰𑒓𑓂𑒑 (apāṅga).
Pronunciation
Adjective
अपंग • (apaṅg) (Urdu spelling اَپَنگ)
- maimed
- infirm, helpless
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अपंग”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “अपंग”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अपंग”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “अपंग”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
Marathi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit अपाङ्ग (apāṅga). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘀𑘢𑘰𑘽𑘐 (apāṃga). Doublet of अपांग (apāṅga). Compare Gujarati અપંગ (apaṅg), Hindustani اَپَنگ / अपंग (apaṅg), Punjabi ਅਪੰਗ (apaṅg) / اَپَنگ (apang), Bengali অপাঙ্গ (opaṅgo), Maithili अपाङ्ग (apāṅga) / 𑒁𑒣𑒰𑒓𑓂𑒑 (apāṅga).
Pronunciation
Adjective
अपंग • (apaṅga)
- crippled, handicapped, disabled
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “अपंग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अपंग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “अपंग”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).