ऐच्छिक
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ऐच्छिक (aicchika).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɛːt̪.t͡ʃʰɪk/, [ɛːt̚.t͡ʃʰɪk]
Adjective
ऐच्छिक • (aicchik) (indeclinable)
Related terms
- इच्छा (icchā, “will, choice”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ऐच्छिक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ऐच्छिक (aicchika). By surface analysis, इच्छा (icchā, “will”) + -इक (-ik).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əit͡ɕ.t͡ɕʰik/, [əit͡ɕ.t͡ɕʰiːk]
- Hyphenation: ऐच्‧छिक
- Rhymes: -ik
Adjective
ऐच्छिक • (aicchik) (indeclinable) [1][2][3]
- optional, voluntary; subject to one's will
- कार्यक्रमाला उपस्थित राहणे ऐच्छिक आहे.
- kāryakramālā upasthit rāhṇe aicchik āhe.
- Attending the event is optional.
- (which has been) wished or desired
- ऐच्छिक भेट मिळाली की आनंद अधिक होतो.
- aicchik bheṭ miḷālī kī ānanda adhik hoto.
- Receiving a desired gift brings greater joy.
- unrestrained, willful, licentious, wanton
- दुसऱ्यांना क्षती पोहोचवणे इतपत ऐच्छिक वर्तणूक करू नये.
- dusaryānnā kṣatī pohocavṇe itpat aicchik vartaṇūk karū naye.
- Unrestrained behaviour should not exceed to the point where it starts harming others.
References
More information
- ^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “ऐच्छिक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- ^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “ऐच्छिक”, 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), “ऐच्छिक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)