अभद्र

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit अभद्र (abhadra). By surface analysis, अ- (a-) +‎ भद्र (bhadra).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱəd̪.ɾᵊ/, [ɐ.bʱɐd̪.ɾᵊ]

अभद्र • (abhadra) (indeclinable)

1. indecent, uncivil

   Synonyms: असभ्य (asabhya), अशिष्ट (aśiṣṭ)

   • 2000, Ajay Shankar Pandey, स्वाधीनता संघर्ष और पुलिस [Freedom struggle and police], Radhakrishna Prakashan, →ISBN, page 167:

     प्रशिक्षण के समय ऐसे कई तरीके अपनाए जाते थे, ऐसा व्यवहार किया जाता था कि प्रशिक्षार्थी स्वाभाविक रूप से गाली-गलौज करना, अभद्र व्यवहार करना सीख जाता था।

     praśikṣaṇ ke samay aise kaī tarīke apnāe jāte the, aisā vyavhār kiyā jātā thā ki praśikṣārthī svābhāvik rūp se gālī-galauj karnā, abhadra vyavhār karnā sīkh jātā thā.

     At the time of training, many such methods were adopted, such treatment was given that the trainee naturally learned to use abusive language and have an uncivil conduct.

   • 2004, Prem Singh, कट्टरता जीतेगी या उदारता [Will fanaticism win or liberality], Rajkamal Prakashan, →ISBN, page 50:

     आज़ाद भारत में ऐसा कोई रिकार्ड शायद ही मिले कि अल्पसंख्यकों ने संघ संप्रदाय के खिलाफ़ कभी अभद्र भाषा का इस्तेमाल किया हो।

     āzād bhārat mẽ aisā koī rikārḍ śāyad hī mile ki alpasaṅkhyakõ ne saṅgh sampradāy ke khilāf kabhī abhadra bhāṣā kā istemāl kiyā ho.

     There is hardly any record in independent India that minorities have ever used indecent language against the sangha sect.

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अभद्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 47

From अ- (a-, “not”) +‎ भद्र (bhadrá, “auspicious; good; pleasant”).

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱɐd̪.ɾɐ/

अभद्र • (abhadra) stem (Classical Sanskrit)

1. inauspicious; bad; evil
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 7.5.29:

     गुरुणैवं प्रतिप्रोक्तो भूय आहासुरः सुतम् ।
     न चेद्गुरुमुखीयं ते कुतोऽभद्रासती मतिः ॥

     guruṇaivaṃ pratiprokto bhūya āhāsuraḥ sutam.
     na cedgurumukhīyaṃ te kutoʼbhadrāsatī matiḥ.

     When Hiranyakashipu received this reply from the teacher, he again addressed his son. He said: if you have not received this education from your teachers, from where has your mind become so bad, O inauspicious [one]?

   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 11.7.5.2:

     जनोऽभद्ररुचिर्भद्र भविष्यति कलौ युगे ॥

     janoʼbhadrarucirbhadra bhaviṣyati kalau yuge.

     O good one, in the Kali Yuga, a person will take a liking to [that which is] bad.

अभद्र • (abhadra) stem, n (Classical Sanskrit)

1. badness, wickedness, evilness; sin
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 1.2.17.2:

     हृद्यन्तःस्थो ह्य्अभद्राणि विधूनोति सुहृत्सताम् ॥

     hṛdyantaḥstho hyabhadrāṇi vidhūnoti suhṛtsatām.

     He [Krishna] destroys the badnesses in the inside of the heart of the good-hearted people.

• Monier Williams (1899) “अभद्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 60, column 3.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “abhadra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अभद्र”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 167
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अभद्र”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 22