कठीण

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कठिन (kaṭhina). Compare Gujarati કઠિન (kaṭhin), Hindi कठिन (kaṭhin), Kannada ಕಠಿನ (kaṭhina), Punjabi ਕਠਿਨ (kaṭhin) / کٹھِن (kṭhin), ਕਠਨ (kaṭhan) / کٹھن (kṭhn), Bengali কঠিন (koṭhin).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kə.ʈʰiɳ/, [kə.ʈʰiːɳ]

Adjective

कठीण • (kaṭhīṇ)

  1. difficult, hard
    Synonyms: अवघड (avghaḍ), मुश्कील (muśkīl)
    Antonym: सोपे (sope)

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “कठीण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कठिन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कठिण-ठीण-न”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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