Camhara, Cāmhāra: 1 definition
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Camhara 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 Dictionarycāmhāra (चाम्हार).—m (carmakāra S) A caste or an individual of it. They are workers in leather. Pr. cāmhārā- cī najara pāyākaḍē The Tsamhar's regard or attention is ever towards (a person's) feet. This saying answers sometimes to Ne sutor ultra crepidam. cāmhārācyā kuṇḍācēṃ pāṇī pājaṇēṃ To give to drink the water of a cāmhāra's vat. Said to coun- teract magical influences working in the unhappy drinker.
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: Camharacalavani, Camharacaturai, Camharada, Camharagocida, Camharahirada, Camharaki, Camharavada.
Full-text: Camharada, Camharaki, Camharacalavani, Carmijoda, Balutedara, Mahara, Ara, Kantha.
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