Capaka: 2 definitions

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Capaka 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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

capaka (चपक).—, Formed by metathesis from cabaka &c.

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capakā (चपका).—, Formed by metathesis from cabaka &c.

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capakā (चपका).—m A smart stroke or rap or pat. v . Commonly bacaka.

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capakā (चपका).—m Heating (a trinket or gold) by applying blue stone, brute borax, red ochre &c., and putting it into the fire. v . A process to scour or burnish. 2 Applying a hot paḷī or ladle containing spices to curds, buttermilk &c. to correct rawness.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cāpaka (ಚಾಪಕ):—[noun] a gem that is flat.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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