Bucaka, Bucakā: 2 definitions
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Bucaka 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 Dictionarybucakā (बुचका).—m A mass (as of entangled yarns or filaments or threads, of involved hairs brought away in combing): also a tuft, tussuck, bunch, cluster (as of small plants, new foliage, sprouts).
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bucakā (बुचका).—m bucakulī or bucakalī f sometimes bucakī & bucakōlī & bucukalī f The hand inverted with the fingers extended; so as to take up bran, flour, and similar substances. Note. bucakulī is the diminutive of bacaka, and it signifies a grasp of less compass, the fingers being less extended; a grasp with the fingers and the thumb. 2 A quantity brought up by the hand so held. 3 Applied to the fore claw of a cat; to the hand of a little child &c.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishbucakā (बुचका).—m A tuft. A mass (as of en- tangled threads &c.).
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bucakā (बुचका).—m bucakulī, bucukalī, bucakī f A grasp with the figures and the thumb.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Bucakala, Bucakalanem, Bucakali, Bucakalya Khanem, Bucakanem, Bucakara, Bucakaranem.
Ends with: Cahadabucaka.
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