क्षीण

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षीण (kṣīṇa).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʂiːɳ/, [kʃĩːɳ]

क्षीण • (kṣīṇ) (indeclinable)

1. emaciated, gaunt
2. rachitic, rickety
3. feeble, weak

   Synonyms: कमज़ोर (kamzor), निर्बल (nirbal)

From the root क्षि (kṣi, “to destroy, corrupt, ruin, make an end”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂiː.ɳɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʂiː.ɳɐ/

क्षीण • (kṣīṇa)

1. wasted
   • c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra Dharmabuddhi ca duṣṭabuddhi:

     किंतु दुष्टबुद्धिरचिरमसद्व्ययव्यसनित्वात् क्षिणाविभावो ऽभूत

     kiṃtu duṣṭabuddhiraciramasadvyayavyasanitvāt kṣiṇāvibhāvo ʼbhūta

     But soon, (due) to inappropriate expense caused by addiction, Duṣṭabuddhi's wealth was wasted

2. weakened
3. delicate
4. lost
5. destroyed

• Prakrit: 𑀔𑀻𑀡 (khīṇa)
  • Romani: khino
• Pali: khīṇa
• → Hindi: क्षीण (kṣīṇ)

• Monier Williams (1899), “क्षीण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 328.