Battishi, Battiśī, Battīsī: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybattiśī (बत्तिशी) [or सी, sī].—f (battīsa) An aggregate of thirty-two; e.g. a set of teeth; the age of thirty-two years; a web of thirty-two cubits length. 2 fig. (From the teeth.) Saying, speech, prediction. Ex. tō bōlalā hōtā kīṃ tumacēṃ kārya hōīla tyāpramāṇēṃ kārya jhālēṃ tasmāt tyācī ba0 cāṅgalī āhē. 3 A certain observance amongst women. battiśīcā That requires thirty-two men to raise or carry it--a load or weight. ba0 dākhaviṇēṃ To show the teeth; to grin &c. ba0 lavaṇēṃ To predict (evil). ba0 vaṭhaṇēṃ To come to pass; to take place;--esp. malediction or a prediction of evil. ba0 hālaviṇēṃ- pāḍaṇēṃ To make one's teeth-rattle; to knock one's teeth down his throat. ba0 hālaviṇēṃ or, with g. of s., hālaṇēṃ To use boding speech; to predict evil. ba0 raṅgaviṇēṃ g. of o. To make one's teeth (gums or mouth) bleed (by a blow). 2 To redden one's gums and mouth by eating viḍā. tēhatiśī karīta nāhīṃ aśī ba0 karitī That which the thirty-three millions of gods cannot do is done by the thirty-two teeth (i.e. the teeth considered as the main organ of speech--teeth officiating in Maraṭhi for tongue in English.) Used upon occasions of abusive, obscene, or ill-omened speech.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishbattiśī (बत्तिशी).—
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.
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Starts with: Battishimasala, Battishivrata.
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