अवहेलना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवहेलना (avahelanā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /əʋ.ɦeːl.nɑː/, [ɐʋ.ɦeːl.näː]

Noun

अवहेलना • (avhelnā) f

1. apathy, neglect, disregard

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:उपेक्षा

   • 1921 – 1922, Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, Kavi Kartavya:

     कविता लिखने में व्याकरण के नियमों की अवहेलना न करना चाहिए।

     kavitā likhne mẽ vyākraṇ ke niymõ kī avhelnā na karnā cāhie.

     One should not neglect grammar when writing poetry.

Declension

Declension of अवहेलना (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अवहेलना avhelnā	अवहेलनाएँ avhelnāẽ
oblique	अवहेलना avhelnā	अवहेलनाओं avhelnāõ
vocative	अवहेलना avhelnā	अवहेलनाओ avhelnāo

Derived terms

• अवहेलना करना (avhelnā karnā)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अवहेलना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 352
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अवहेलना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 63