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Results for अपशब्द

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अपशब्दapaśabda1 A bad or ungrammatical word, a corrupted word (in form or meaning); त एव शक्तिवैकल्य- प्रमादालसतादिभिः ।…
1. 1 A bad or ungrammatical word, a corrupted word (in form or meaning); त एव शक्तिवैकल्य- प्रमादालसतादिभिः । अन्यथोच्चारिताः शब्दा अपशब्दा इतीरिताः ॥; दूरतश्चापशब्दं त्यक्त्वा Bh.3.134 (where denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedब्दम् has also sense 4); अपशब्दशतं माघे Subhāṣ. Compare also वैयाकरणकिरातादपशब्द- मृगाः क्व यान्ति संत्रस्ताः । Udb. and Kau. Atmanepada 2.1.
2. Vulgar speech.
3. A form of language not Sanskrit; ungrammatical language.
4. A reproachful word, offensive expression, censure; प्रापाक्ष्णोर्गलदपशब्दमञ्जनाम्भः Śi.8.43.
5. Words not in standard use.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अपशब्दapaśabdam. bad or vulgar speech
1. masculine gender bad or vulgar speech
2. masculine gender any form of language not Sanskr2it Sanskrit
3. masculine gender ungrammatical language
4. masculine gender (अप-भ्रंश .)
5. masculine gender ungrammatical language (compared to a deer as grammar to a lion), Subh.
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अपशब्दितapaśabditamfn. spoken ungrammatically, R.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective spoken ungrammatically, R.

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