Alternative spellings of this word include Dhap.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Dhapa [धाप] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Sesuvium portulacastrum from the Aizoaceae (Ice plant) family having the following synonyms: Portulaca portulacastrum. For the possible medicinal usage of dhapa, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ḍhapa (ढप).—f Commonly ḍhaba.

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ḍhāpā (ढापा).—m A large kind of tile, ridge-tile.

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dhāpa (धाप).—f ( H) Quickened respiration, panting. 2 Impeded respiration, gasping; the disease Asthma or Dyspnœa. Ex. tukayācēṃ lagna kēlēṃ asatāṃ || pari navarīsa hōtī dhāpēcī vyathā ||. dhāpā dēṇēṃ or dāṭaṇēṃ To breathe hard; to pant, heave, gasp.

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dhāpa (धाप).—f khāṇēṃ (A phrase at iṭīdāṇḍū and in plays with the ball, quoits, or cowries.) To pass or stretch over the bound-line in throwing the ball &c.

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dhāpā (धापा).—m A kind of grass. 2 A tile of the flat kind.

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dhāpā (धापा).—ad C Used with karaṇēṃ. To injure or damage utterly; to spoil.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ḍhāpā (ढापा).—m a ridge-tile.

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dhāpa (धाप).—f Quickened respiration, panting, Asthma.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Dhapa (धप) [Also spelled dhap]:—(nf) a thud; persistence; unending repetition of a demand; hence ~[dhapa] (nf); —[dharanā] to persist, to go on repeating one’s demand persistently.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Dhāpa (धाप):—n. 1. a step; a stride (in a game); 2. pat; clap (in congratulating someone or pacifying an animal's aggression); 3. swamp; marsh; quagmire;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+46): Dhapa-denem, Dhapa-Kana-Kara-Dishi-Dini, Dhapada, Dhapadadhupada, Dhapadhapa, Dhapaghai, Dhapai, Dhapainu, Dhapaka, Dhapakana, Dhapakanem, Dhapakari, Dhapakaru, Dhapakavinem, Dhapakka, Dhapala, Dhapalanem, Dhapalashai, Dhapalavani, Dhapali.

Ends with: Baluvako-dhapa, Bandhapa, Bodhapa, Budhapa, Dhapadhapa, Gandhapa, Kudhapa, Mendhapa, Odhapa, Paridhapa, Randhapa, Sandhapa, Tapa, Vadhapa, Vardhapa.

Full-text: Dhapaghai, Dhapalu, Dhapya, Dhapalanem, Dhapa-denem, Dhappa, Dhapakanem, Dhap, Dhappadhappi, Dhaba-Kana-Kana-Kara-Dishi, Dhapanem, Dhapa-Kana-Kara-Dishi-Dini, Dhapaka, Dhapata.

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