अपर्याप्त

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit अपर्याप्त (aparyāpta). By surface analysis, अ- (a-) +‎ पर्याप्त (paryāpt).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.pəɾ.jɑːpt̪/,

अपर्याप्त • (aparyāpt) (indeclinable)

1. insufficient, inadequate

   Antonyms: पर्याप्त (paryāpt), काफ़ी (kāfī)

   • 2021 October 20, “बैलों से होती है टिकाऊ खेती, ट्रैक्टर से होता है पृथ्वी का दोहन ”, in jagran.com‎, archived from the original on 21 October 2021:

     पूरे राज्य में एक या दो केंद्र जनता को शिक्षित करने के लिए घोर अपर्याप्त हैं।

     pūre rājya mẽ ek yā do kendra jantā ko śikṣit karne ke lie ghor aparyāpt ha͠i.

     One or two centers in the entire state are extremely inadequate to educate the public.

   • 2021 October 19, “Men's Health: हर पुरुष के लिए बहुत जरूरी हैं ये विटामिन और मिनरल्स, वरना होने लगती हैं ये बीमारी ”, in Zee News‎, archived from the original on 21 October 2021:

     शरीर में आयोडीन की अपर्याप्त मात्रा वजन बढ़ने और अत्यधिक थकावट का कारण बन सकती है.

     śarīr mẽ āyoḍīn kī aparyāpt mātrā vajan baṛhne aur atyadhik thakāvaṭ kā kāraṇ ban saktī hai.

     Insufficient amount of iodine in the body can cause weight gain and extreme tiredness.

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अपर्याप्त”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 243

From अ- (a-, negative prefix) +‎ पर्याप्त (paryāpta, “sufficient, abundant; limited”).

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐɾˈjɑːp.t̪ɐ/,

अपर्याप्त • (aparyāpta) stem (Classical Sanskrit)

1. insufficient, inadequate, incomplete
   • c. 400 BCE – 900 CE, Viṣṇu Purāṇa 5.38.77:

     रम्भातिलोत्तमाद्यास्तं वैदिक्योऽप्सरसोऽब्रुवन् । प्रसन्ने त्वय्य्अपर्याप्तं किमस्माकमिति द्विज॥

     rambhātilottamādyāstaṃ vaidikyoʼpsarasoʼbruvan. prasanne tvayyaparyāptaṃ kimasmākamiti dvija.

     Rambha, Tilottama, and other Vedic apsaras said: if you are pleased, then what is inadequate for us, O Brahmana?

2. immeasurable, limitless, unlimited, unbounded
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 1.10:

     अपर्याप्त‍ं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम् । पर्याप्त‍ं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम् ॥

     aparyāpta‍ṃ tadasmākaṃ balaṃ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam. paryāpta‍ṃ tvidameteṣāṃ balaṃ bhīmābhirakṣitam.

     Immeasurable is our strength, protected by Bhishma. Limited is their strength, which is protected by Bhima.

• Monier Williams (1899) “अपर्याप्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 51, column 3.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “aparyāpta”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अपर्याप्त”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 146
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अपर्याप्त”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 20