वाकडे

Marathi

Alternative forms
  • वाकरं (vākra) — East Indian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘪𑘽𑘎𑘘 (vaṃkaṭa), 𑘪𑘰𑘎𑘘 (vākaṭa), 𑘪𑘰𑘽𑘎𑘳𑘚 (vāṃkuḍa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀁𑀓𑀼𑀟 (vaṃkuḍa) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-)), 𑀯𑀁𑀓𑀼𑀡 (vaṃkuṇa), from Sanskrit वङ्कु (vaṅkú). Cognate with Hindi बाँकुरा (bā̃kurā).

Pronunciation
  • (formal) IPA(key): /ʋak.ɖe/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ʋak.ɖə/

Adjective

वाकडे • (vākḍe)

  1. bent, crooked
  2. (figurative) hostile
    कुत्र्याचे शेपूट वाकडे ते वाकडेच
    kutryāce śepūṭ vākḍe te vākḍec
    a leopard cannot change its spots

Noun

वाकडे • (vākḍe) n

  1. something awry, perverse
  2. deviousness, hostility

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “वाकडे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वांकडा,_वाकडा”, 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) “वा(वां)कडा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vaṅkú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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