भ्रष्ट

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भ्रष्ट (bhraṣṭa).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱɾəʂʈ/, [bʱɾɐʂʈ]

Adjective

भ्रष्ट • (bhraṣṭ) (indeclinable)

corrupt, unprincipled
Synonym: भ्रष्टाचारी (bhraṣṭācārī)

भ्रष्ट अफ़सरों को हम रहने नहीं देंगे।
bhraṣṭ afasrõ ko ham rahne nahī̃ deṅge.
We will not let corrupt bureaucrats do as they please.
polluted, vile
destroyed
Synonym: ध्वस्त (dhvast)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भ्रष्ट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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