# अधमर्ण
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अधमर्ण (adhamarṇa), from अधम (adhama, “lowest, worst, very low, very vile”) +‎ ऋण (ṛṇa, “debt”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /əd̪ʱ.məɾɳ/, [ɐd̪ʱ.mɐɾɳ]
* Rhymes: -əɾɳ

### Noun

अधमर्ण • (adhmarṇ) m
* a debtor, borrower
    Synonyms: ऋणी (ŕṇī), क़र्ज़दार (qarzdār), धर्ता (dhartā)

#### Declension
### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अधमर्ण”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 167
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “अधमर्ण”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 19

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* अधमर्णिक (adhamarṇika)

### Alternative scripts

* অধমৰ্ণ (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬥᬫᬃᬡ (Balinese script)
* অধমর্ণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰠𑰦𑰨𑰿𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀥𑀫𑀭𑁆𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* အဓမရ်္ဏ (Burmese script)
* અધમર્ણ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਧਮਰ੍ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌧𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦣꦩꦂꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂡𑂧𑂩𑂹𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಧಮರ್ಣ (Kannada script)
* អធមណ៌ (Khmer script)
* ອຘມຣ຺ຓ (Lao script)
* അധമര്ണ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᢡᠠᠮᠠᡵᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘠𑘦𑘨𑘿𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢑᠾᠠᠮᠠᠷᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧀𑧆𑧈𑧠𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐢𑐩𑐬𑑂𑐞 (Newa script)
* ଅଧମର୍ଣ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢤꢪꢬ꣄ꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆣𑆩𑆫𑇀𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖠𑖦𑖨𑖿𑖜 (Siddham script)
* අධමර්‍ණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩮𑩴𑩼 𑪙𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚜𑚢𑚤𑚶𑚘 (Takri script)
* அத⁴மர்ண (Tamil script)
* అధమర్ణ (Telugu script)
* อธมรฺณ (Thai script)
* ཨ་དྷ་མ་རྞ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒡𑒧𑒩𑓂𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨜𑨢𑨫𑩇𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From अधम (adhama, “lowest, worst, very low, very vile”) +‎ ऋण (ṛṇa, “debt”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ.dʱɐ.mɐɾ.ɳɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐ.d̪ʱɐˈmɐɾ.ɳɐ/

### Noun

अधमर्ण • (adhamarṇa) stem, m
* one reduced to inferiority by incurring debt; a debtor
    Synonym: ऋणिन् (ṛṇin)
    Antonyms: उत्तमर्ण (uttamarṇa), अर्णिन् (arṇin)
** 2024 July 6, Nityānanda Miśra, YouTube‎ (Community post), archived from the original on 8 July 2024:‘यूट्यूब’इत्यत्र मम लक्षस्यानुग्राहकाणामधमर्णोऽस्मि। भवद्भ्यः सर्वेभ्यो धन्यवादः।‘yūṭyūba’ityatra mama lakṣasyānugrāhakāṇāmadhamarṇoʼsmi. bhavadbhyaḥ sarvebhyo dhanyavādaḥ.I am indebted to have 100,000 subscribers on YouTube. Thanks to all of you.(literally, “I am a debtor of my 100,000 subscribers on YouTube. Thanks to all of you.”)
** c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 8.47:अधमर्णार्थसिद्ध्यर्थम् उत्तमर्णेन चोदितः । दापयेद्धनिकस्यार्थम् अधमर्णाद्विभावितम् ॥adhamarṇārthasiddhyartham uttamarṇena coditaḥ. dāpayeddhanikasyārtham adhamarṇādvibhāvitam.Translation by Georg BühlerWhen a creditor sues (before the king) for the recovery of money from a debtor, let him make the debtor pay the sum which the creditor proves (to be due).
** c. 1675, Paramānanda, Śivabhārata 23.70:शरैः शिवानीकचरप्रयुक्तैर्निपेतुषा शैलजुषा जनेन । मन्येऽधमर्णप्रतिमेन भर्त्रे प्रत्यर्पितोऽभूदशितो धनौघः ॥śaraiḥ śivānīkacaraprayuktairnipetuṣā śailajuṣā janena. manyeʼdhamarṇapratimena bhartre pratyarpitoʼbhūdaśito dhanaughaḥ.

#### Derived terms

* आधमर्ण्य (ādhamarṇya)

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: অধমৰ্ণ (odhomorno)
* → Bengali: অধমর্ণ (odhomorno)
* → Gujarati: અધમર્ણ (adhamarṇ)
* → Hindi: अधमर्ण (adhmarṇ)
* → Kannada: ಅಧಮರ್ಣ (adhamarṇa)
* → Malayalam: അധമർണ്ണന് (adhamaṟṇṇanŭ)
* → Marathi: अधमर्ण (adhmarṇa)
* → Odia: ଅଧମର୍ଣ୍ଣ (adhamarṇṇa)
* → Tamil: அதமர்ணம் (atamarṇam)
* → Telugu: అధమర్ణుడు (adhamarṇuḍu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अधमर्ण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 19.