अस्त-व्यस्त

Reduplicative compound of अस्त (ast, “disordered”) + व्यस्त (vyast, “engaged, disorganized”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əst̪.ʋjəst̪/, [ɐst̪.wjɐst̪]

अस्त-व्यस्त • (ast-vyast)

1. disorganized, chaotic, disorder
2. dishevelled, untidy, messy
3. confused

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अस्त-व्यस्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 70