क्षीण
Hindi
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kʃiːn/
Sanskrit
Etymology
From √क्षि (kṣi, “to destroy, corrupt, ruin, make an end”)
Adjective
क्षीण • (kṣīṇa)
- wasted
- c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra Dharmabuddhi ca duṣṭabuddhi:
- किंतु दुष्टबुद्धिरचिरमसद्व्ययव्यसनित्वात् क्षिणाविभावो ऽभूत
- kiṃtu duṣṭabuddhiraciramasadvyayavyasanitvāt kṣiṇāvibhāvo ’bhūta
- But soon, (due) to inappropriate expense caused by addiction, Duṣṭabuddhi's wealth was wasted
- किंतु दुष्टबुद्धिरचिरमसद्व्ययव्यसनित्वात् क्षिणाविभावो ऽभूत
- weakened
- delicate
- lost
- destroyed
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “क्षीण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 328.
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