अवगुण
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit अवगुण (avaguṇa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]अवगुण • (avguṇ) m
- shortcoming, fault, defect
- Antonym: सद्गुण (sadguṇ)
- 1837 – 1881, Shardha Ram Phillauri, Om Jai Jagdish Hare :
- भक्त जनों के संकट
दास जनों के अवगुण
क्षण में दूर करें- bhakt janõ ke saṅkaṭ
dās janõ ke avguṇ
kṣaṇ mẽ dūr karẽ - the problems of the faithful
the faults of the servants
all made to disappear in an instant
- bhakt janõ ke saṅkaṭ
- भक्त जनों के संकट
Declension
[edit]Declension of अवगुण (masc cons-stem)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अवगुण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 61