Hindwi Dictionary — अभिमान (abhimaan), Hindi entry
- Author: unauthored (Hindwi/Rekhta Foundation's Hindi dictionary)
- Publication: Hindwi Dictionary (hindwidictionary.com), a Hindi-language dictionary project of the Rekhta Foundation
- Date: undated (dictionary entry, no publication date given)
- URL: https://www.hindwidictionary.com/meaning-of-abhimaan
- Type: primary (a monolingual/bilingual Hindi dictionary entry) — neutral, lexicographic
- Accessed: 2026-09-06
Extract
- Gives as Hindi definitions of अभिमान: "अहंकार, गर्व, दर्प, घमंड" (arrogance, pride, haughtiness, conceit) and "स्वाभिमान, अपने आपको औरों से बहुत अधिक योग्य, समर्थ या बढ़कर समझने का भाव" (self-respect; considering oneself more capable, able, or superior to others). Additional senses listed: intellect/knowledge, affection, desire/wish, proof, and a specific technical sense within śṛṅgāra rasa (the erotic/romantic aesthetic mode of Sanskrit poetics).
- English glosses given: "pride," "vanity, arrogance."
- Synonyms given: मैं ("I"/pride), दर्प (arrogance), अहंकार (ego), अनुराग (affection).
- No sense of sulking, hurt feelings toward a loved one, pique, or grievance appears anywhere in the entry.
Gaps
- None beyond the entry's own scope — a single dictionary's coverage, not cross-checked against a second monolingual Hindi dictionary by this record alone (see the companion checks at Rekhta Dictionary and HinKhoj, which corroborate).