लतख़ोर
Hindi
Etymology
From लात (lāt) + -ख़ोर (-xor), literally “eating kicks”.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /lət̪.xoːɾ/, [lɐt̪.xoːɾ], /lət̪.kʰoːɾ/, [lɐt̪.kʰoːɾ]
Adjective
लतख़ोर • (latxor) (indeclinable)
- “worth being kicked”; despicable, mean, lowly, low-minded, unprincipled
- 2006, शिव वचन चौबे, रुद्रगुफा का स्वामी [rudraguphā kā svāmī][1], Rajkamal Prakashan:
- रामटहल लतखोर आदमी हैं। बिना लात खाये वे बात नहीं मानेंगे। मारना भी हम लोगों को ही पड़ेगा।
- rāmṭahal latkhor ādmī ha͠i. binā lāt khāye ve bāt nahī̃ māneṅge. mārnā bhī ham logõ ko hī paṛegā.
- Ramtahal is a mean person. He would not agree without getting a kick up the arse, and we only would have to do it.
- “used to being kicked”; lowly, loserly, pathetic
- 2008, भवदेव पांडेय, स्वदेश के फ़िराक़ [svadeś ke firāq], Vani Prakashan, →ISBN, page 35:
- ऐसे बहुत से लतखोर और बेहया हैं कि इतना झुकने और गाली खाने के बाद भी अपनी बेइज्जती नहीं समझते।
- aise bahut se latkhor aur behyā ha͠i ki itnā jhukne aur gālī khāne ke bād bhī apnī beijjatī nahī̃ samajhte.
- There are so many loserly and shameless people who, even after being so oppressed and abused so much, do not take it as an insult.
Noun
लतख़ोर • (latxor) m
- a person having the aforementioned qualities
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | लतख़ोर latxor |
लतख़ोर latxor |
| oblique | लतख़ोर latxor |
लतख़ोरों latxorõ |
| vocative | लतख़ोर latxor |
लतख़ोरो latxoro |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लतखोर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4253
- “लत-ख़ोर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Hardev Bahri (2010) Rajpal Advanced Learners Hindi English Dictionary, volume 2, Rajpal & Sons, →ISBN, page 1421