अधकचरा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əd̪ʱ.kət͡ʃ.ɾɑː/, [ɐd̪ʱ.kɐt͡ʃ.ɾäː]
• Hyphenation: अध‧कच‧रा

Etymology 1

From अध- (adh-, “half-”) +‎ कच्चा (kaccā, “raw; unripe; uncooked; unfinished; immature”), कचरा (kacrā, “garbage, trash”).

Adjective

अधकचरा • (adhkacrā)

1. half-baked, undercooked

   Synonym: अपरिपक्व (apripakva)

   • 2009, S.R. Yatri, कलंदर [kalandar], →ISBN, page 12:

     पकौड़ियों में पड़ी प्याज और आलू एकदम अधकचरे थे।

     pakauṛiyõ mẽ paṛī pyāj aur ālū ekdam adhkacre the.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. half-done, incomplete, semi-garbage, of poor quality

   Synonyms: अधूरा (adhūrā), अपूर्ण (apūrṇ)

   • 2010 [2002], Kala Nath Shastry, मानक हिन्दी का स्वरूप [mānak hindī kā svarūp], Radhakrishna Prakashan, page 115:

     पंडित लोग इस बात की हँसी उड़ाते हैं कि अधकचरी हिन्दी जाननेवाले लोग ब्राह्मण वर्ग वाची गौड शब्द को अंग्रेजी के गॉड (ईश्वर) के रूप में उच्चारित करते हैं।

     paṇḍit log is bāt kī hãsī uṛāte ha͠i ki adhkacrī hindī jānnevāle log brāhmaṇ varg vācī gauḍ śabd ko aṅgrejī ke gŏḍ (īśvar) ke rūp mẽ uccārit karte ha͠i.

     Pandits laugh at the fact that people who know half-garbage Hindi pronounce the word Gauḍ referring to the Brahmin section like the English word God.

3. immature, undeveloped, uneducated

   Synonyms: अपरिपक्व (apripakva), अप्रौढ़ (aprauṛh)

4. unskilled, incompetent

   Synonyms: अकुशल (akuśal), अप्रवीण (apravīṇ)

Declension

Declension of अधकचरा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	अधकचरा adhkacrā	अधकचरे adhkacre	अधकचरी adhkacrī	अधकचरी adhkacrī
oblique	अधकचरे adhkacre	अधकचरे adhkacre	अधकचरी adhkacrī	अधकचरी adhkacrī
vocative	अधकचरे adhkacre	अधकचरे adhkacre	अधकचरी adhkacrī	अधकचरी adhkacrī

Etymology 2

From अध- (adh-) +‎ कचरा (kacrā), an inflection of कचरना (kacarnā, “to trample; press; chomp, chew loudly”).

Adjective

अधकचरा • (adhkacrā)

1. not completely crushed; half-crushed, half-ground

   Synonyms: अधकुटा (adhkuṭā), अधपिसा (adhpisā), दरदरा (dardarā)

Declension

Declension of अधकचरा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	अधकचरा adhkacrā	अधकचरे adhkacre	अधकचरी adhkacrī	अधकचरी adhkacrī
oblique	अधकचरे adhkacre	अधकचरे adhkacre	अधकचरी adhkacrī	अधकचरी adhkacrī
vocative	अधकचरे adhkacre	अधकचरे adhkacre	अधकचरी adhkacrī	अधकचरी adhkacrī

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अधकचरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अध-”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press