बेबाक़
Hindi
Etymology
बे- (be-, “without”) + बाक़ी (bāqī, “remainder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beː.bɑːk/, /beː.bɑːq/
Adjective
बेबाक़ • (bebāq) (Urdu spelling بیباق)
- settled, paid off (a debt)
- 1936, Premchand, Godaan
- यद्यपि अपने विवाहित जीवन के इन बीस बरसों में उसे अच्छी तरह अनुभव हो गया था कि चाहे कितनी ही कतर-ब्योंत करो, कितना ही पेट-तन काटो, चाहे एक-एक कौड़ी को दाँत से पकड़ो; मगर लगान का बेबाक़ होना मुशकिल है।
- yadyapi apne vivāhit jīvan ke in bīs barsõ mẽ use acchī tarah anubhav ho gayā thā ki cāhe kitnī hī katar-byont karo, kitnā hī peṭ-tan kāṭo, cāhe ek-ek kauṛī ko dā̃t se pakṛo; magar lagān kā bebāq honā muśkil hai.
- Though in these twenty years of her married life she had learned enough to know that no matter how much you economize, how much you starve, you can even hold on to each penny by the teeth; it is still difficult to fully pay off the lagaan.
Derived terms
- बेबाक़ी (bebāqī)