खाजगी
Konkani
Alternative forms
- खासगी (khāsgī)
Etymology
A corruption of Classical Persian خَاصَگِی (xāsagī). There is a semantic narrowing from “speciality” to “private” and regressive assimilation of voicing from /s/.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʰɑːzɡiː]
Adjective
खाजगी • (khāj̈gī) (Latin script khazgi, Kannada script ಖಾಜ್ಗೀ)
References
- Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet[1]
- Isidore Dantas, Joel D'Souza (2015) Modern English–Konkani Dictionary[2], Margao, Goa: Golden Heart Emporium Books, →ISBN
Marathi
Alternative forms
- खासगी (khāsgī)
Etymology
A corruption of Classical Persian خَاصَگِی (xāsagī). There is a semantic narrowing from “speciality” to “private” and regressive assimilation of voicing from /s/ to /d͡z/.
More information
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰad͡z.ɡi/, [kʰad͡z.ɡiː]
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: खाज‧गी
Adjective
खाजगी • (khāj̈gī) (indeclinable) [1][2][3]
- private
- Antonym: सार्वजनिक (sārvajnik)
- personal, individual
- Synonym: वैयक्तिक (vaiyaktik)
Derived terms
- खाजगीकरण (khāj̈gīkaraṇ, “privatization”)
References
More information
- ^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “खाजगी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 31
- ^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “खासगी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 206
- ^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “खास(ज)गी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 880