अखंड

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अखण्ड (akhaṇḍa). By surface analysis, अ- (a-) +‎ खंड (khaṇḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.kʰəɳɖ/, [ɐ.kʰɐ̃ɳɖ]
• Hyphenation: अ‧खंड

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• Rhymes: -əɳɖ

Adjective

अखंड • (akhaṇḍ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اَکَھنْڈ)

1. unified, undivided, complete, whole

   अखंड भारत ― akhaṇḍ bhārat ― unified India (Indian irredentist concept)

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “अखंड”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 6.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “अखंड”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अखंड़”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 81
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अखंड”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 11
• Platts, John T. (1884) “अखण्ड”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 68
• “अखंड”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Malvi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अखण्ड (akhaṇḍa).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: अ‧खंड

Adjective

अखंड (akhaṇḍ) (indeclinable)

1. undivided, unbroken
2. complete, whole

Further reading

• डॉ॰ भगवतीलाल राजपुरोहित [Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit], डॉ॰ प्रह्लाद चन्द्र जोशी [Prahlad Chandra Joshi] (2010) “अखंड”, in मालवी - हिन्दी शब्दकोश [Malvi - Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), शिवाजी नगर, भोपाल [Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal]: माध्यमिक शिक्षा मण्डल परिसर [Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal Parisar], →ISBN, अ, page 13, column 2.