भ्रष्ट

भ्रष्ट

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भ्रष्ट (bhraṣṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʱɾəʃʈ/

Adjective

भ्रष्ट • (bhraṣṭ)

1. corrupt, unprincipled

   भ्रष्ट अफ़सरों को हम रहने नहीं देंगे।

   bhraṣṭ afasrõ ko ham rahne nahī̃ deṅge.

   We will not let corrupt bureaucrats do as they please.

   Synonym: भ्रष्टाचारी (bhraṣṭācārī)

2. polluted, vile
3. destroyed

   Synonym: ध्वस्त (dhvast)

References

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