अपंग

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

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.pəŋɡ/, [ɐ.pɐ̃ŋɡ]

Adjective

अपंग • (apaṅg) (Urdu spelling اَپَنگ)

  1. maimed
  2. infirm, helpless

Further reading

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

  • IPA(key): /ə.pəŋ.ɡə/

Adjective

अपंग • (apaṅga)

  1. crippled, handicapped, disabled

Further reading

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “अपंग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • 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 [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अपंग”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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