फजिती
Ahirani
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian فضیحتی (fazīhatī), suffixed from Arabic فَضِيحَة (faḍīḥa). Compare Gujarati ફજેતી (phajetī), Hindustani فَضِیحَتی / फ़ज़ीहती (fazīhtī), Kannada ಫಜೀತಿ (phajīti).
Noun
फजिती (phajitī) m (masculine फजिता)
- humiliation
Further reading
- डॉ॰ रमेश सीताराम सूर्यवंशी [Dr Ramesh Sitaram Suryawanshi] (1997), “फजीता / फजिती”, in आहिराणी शब्दकोश (आहिराणी - मराठी) [Ahirani Dictionary (Ahirani - Marathi)] (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: अक्षय प्रकाशन [Akshaya Prakashan], →ISBN, page 223, column 1; republished कन्नड तालुका, औरंगाबाद जिल्हा [Kannad Taluka, Aurangabad District]: अभ्यासिका प्रकाशन [Abhyasika Prakashan], 2013.
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian فضیحتی (fazīhatī), suffixed from Arabic فَضِيحَة (faḍīḥa). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘣𑘕𑘲𑘝𑘲 (phajītī). Compare Gujarati ફજેતી (phajetī), Hindustani فَضِیحَتی / फ़ज़ीहती (fazīhtī), Kannada ಫಜೀತಿ (phajīti).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰə.d͡ʑi.t̪i/, [pʰə.d͡ʑi.t̪iː]
- Hyphenation: फ‧जि‧ती
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
फजिती • (phajitī) f (masculine फजिता)
- humiliation
- Synonyms: अपमान (apmān), नाचक्की (nācakkī), मानहानी (mānhānī)
Derived terms
- The term फजिती (phajitī) can form a compound verb with the verb होणे (hoṇe) - फजिती होणे (phajitī hoṇe) with the meaning “to become a laughing stock, be humiliated”.
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine, “फजिती”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 96.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “फजिती”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 546
- Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “फजि(जी)ती”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala, page 2152.