विपरीत

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विपरीत (viparīta).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋɪp.ɾiːt̪/

Adjective[edit]

विपरीत • (viprīt) (indeclinable)

  1. reversed, opposing, backwards
    • 1877, Swami Dayanand Sarasvati, Gokarunanidhi :
      […] न्याय का अन्याय और अन्याय का न्याय आदि विपरीत कर्म करता है।
      […] nyāy kā anyāy aur anyāy kā nyāy ādi viprīt karm kartā hai.
      [he makes] right into wrong and wrong into right, that is to say he does his work backwards.

Sanskrit[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

विपरीत • (viparīta)

  1. reverse, backwards
  2. contrary, against

Descendants[edit]

  • → Hindi: विपरीत (viprīt)
  • ⇒ Tocharian B: ubhayavipariti
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