Belem, Bēlēṃ, Beleṃ: 2 definitions

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Belem means something in Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bēlēṃ (बेलें).—n ( P) A bag of money or money which Rajas &c. carry in their train to scatter amongst the people. 2 (Or bēlā) A cocoanut hollowed to serve as a vessel.

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bēḷēṃ (बेळें).—n Any contrivance (as a stile, turn-stile, furstick. cated stake) by which ingress and egress, whilst it is permitted to man, is debarred to beasts. 2 The crotchets or brackets betwixt which a word or sentence, omitted in its proper place, is written elsewhere: also the kākapada or mark v. 3 A common term for the two pegs which support the aḍa- sara or cross piece underlying the tāṇā or warp.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bēlēṃ (बेलें).—n A bag of money which Rajas carry in their train. bēlabaradāra m The bearer of the bēlēṃ.

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bēḷēṃ (बेळें).—n Any contrivance by which ingress and egress, whilst it is permitted to man, is debarred to beasts.

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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.

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