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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

abhivādaka (अभिवादक).—a S That makes prostration or obeisance to a person addressed by name.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhivādaka (अभिवादक).—a. (-dikā f.)

1) Saluting; saluter

2) Polite, respectful, humble.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhivādaka (अभिवादक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. Civil, polite. 2. Uncivil, abusive. E. abhi to, or against, vādaka who speaks.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhivādaka (अभिवादक).—i. e. abhi -vad + aka, adj., f. dikā, Greeting, [Nala] 21, 24 (bhavantam abhivādakah, in order to salute you).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Abhivādaka (अभिवादक):—[=abhi-vādaka] [from abhi-vad] mfn. a saluter, saluting [commentator or commentary] on [Manu-smṛti ii, 125]

2) [v.s. ...] having the intention to salute, Name (cf. abhi-vandaka)

3) [v.s. ...] civil, polite, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhivādaka (अभिवादक):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-dakaḥ-dikā-dakam) 1) One who salutes or makes the abhivādana q. v.; e. g. Kullūka on Manu: abhivādako viprādirāyuṣmānbhava saumyeti vācyaḥ. [Like other nouns formed with the kṛt aff. ṇvul it may have the same sense as the infin. of the corresponding verb (i. e. = abhivāditum), if it is logically connected with another verb; e. g. Nalop.: āgato’smītyuvācainaṃ bhavantamabhivādakaḥ ‘…to salute thee’.]

2) One who has the habit of making salutations, civil, polite (comm. on the Amarak.: = abhivādanaśīla). E. vad (in the caus.) with abhi, kṛt aff. ṇvul.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhivādaka (अभिवादक):—[abhi-vādaka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Civil.

[Sanskrit to German]

Abhivadaka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Abhivādaka (ಅಭಿವಾದಕ):—

1) [noun] he who respectfully salutes another.

2) [noun] a polite, humble man.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vadaka, Abhi.

Ends with: Anabhivadaka, Pratyabhivadaka.

Full-text: Pratyabhivadaka.

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