अवगुण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवगुण (avaguṇa).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /əʋ.ɡʊɳ/, [ɐʋ.ɡʊ̃ɳ]

Noun

अवगुण • (avguṇ) m

  1. 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

Declension

Declension of अवगुण (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct अवगुण
avguṇ 		अवगुण
avguṇ
oblique अवगुण
avguṇ 		अवगुणों
avguṇõ
vocative अवगुण
avguṇ 		अवगुणो
avguṇo

References

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