વખ

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati विष (viṣa), borrowed from Sanskrit विष (viṣa). Superseded by the Sanskrit borrowing વિષ (viṣ). Also compare વિખ (vikh).

Noun

વખ • (vakh) n (dialectal)

1. poison

   Synonyms: વિષ (viṣ), ઝેર (jher)

   વખ ઘોળવું ― vakh ghoḷvũ ― to ingest poison

2. (figuratively) hatred, malevolence

   Synonyms: દ્વેષ (dveṣ), અંટસ (aṇṭas)

Alternative forms

• ડ (ḍa) forms: વખડું n (vakhḍũ)