ಫಜೀತಿ

Borrowed from Classical Persian فضیحتی (fazīhatī), suffixed from Arabic فَضِيحَة (faḍīḥa). Compare Marathi फजिती (phajitī), Gujarati ફજેતી (phajetī), Hindustani فَضِیحَتی (fazīhatī) / फ़ज़ीहती (fazīhtī), Tulu ಪಚೀತಿ (pacīti).

ಫಜೀತಿ • (phajīti) n

1. embarrassment, abashment
2. suffering, difficulty, fix (of minor order)

• V. Krishna (2019) “ಫಜೀತಿ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha
• Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಫಜೀತು”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971, page 1120
• Učida, Norihiko, Rajapurohit, B. B. (2013) Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary, 3-11-1, Asahi-chō, Fuchū-shi, 183-8534, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, →ISBN, page 680, column 1.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /pʰɐd͡ʒiːt̪i/

ಫಜೀತಿ (phajīti) (Malayalam spelling ഫജീതി)

1. alternative form of ಪಚೀತಿ (pacīti)