विपक्षी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विपक्षी (vipakṣī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.pək.ʂiː/, [ʋɪ.pɐk.ʃiː]

Noun

विपक्षी • (vipakṣī) m

1. enemy, adversary, rival, opponent

Declension

Declension of विपक्षी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विपक्षी vipakṣī	विपक्षी vipakṣī
oblique	विपक्षी vipakṣī	विपक्षियों vipakṣiyõ
vocative	विपक्षी vipakṣī	विपक्षियो vipakṣiyo

Adjective

विपक्षी • (vipakṣī) (indeclinable)

1. against, opposing

   विपक्षी दल ― vipakṣī dal ― the opposition; opposing parties

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विपक्षी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 921