Calashi, Cāḷaśī, Cālaśī: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarycāḷaśī (चाळशी) [or सी, sī].—sometimes cāḷiśī or sī f (cā- ḷīsa) Dimness of vision taking place about the age of forty. 2 The age of forty. 3 also cāḷisā m An aggregate of forty gen.; a maund containing forty sher; a cloth of forty cubits; a load requiring forty men or animals &c.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishcāḷaśī (चाळशी) [-sī, -सी].—f The age of forty. Dimness of vision.
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cāḷaśī (चाळशी).—f Spectacles.
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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