अप्रिय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अप्रिय (apriya). By surface analysis, अ- (a-) +‎ प्रिय (priya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əp.ɾɪ.jᵊ/, [ɐp.ɾi.jᵊ]

Adjective

अप्रिय • (apriya) (indeclinable)

1. unlovely, unpleasant, disagreeable

   Antonyms: प्रिय (priya), प्यारा (pyārā)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अप्रिय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 45