Dankhina, Ḍaṅkhīṇa: 2 definitions
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Dankhina 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 Dictionaryḍaṅkhīṇa (डंखीण).—f (ḍākinī S) A class of female imps or fiends, or an individual of it. Applied esp. to the women of the ṭhākūra caste, who are hideously ugly, and who deal in witchcraft &c. and as a term of reviling to old women gen.; corresponding with Hag, witch, beldam, fury, fright, malkin.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishḍaṅkhīṇa (डंखीण).—f A class of female imps or fiends, or an individual of it. Hag, witch, beldam, fury.
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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