Alternative spellings of this word include Durvachana.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

durvacana (दुर्वचन).—n (S) durvākya n (S) Bad language or speech; viz. Abuse, scurrility, obscenity, ribaldry, blasphemy, ominous or inauspicious speech.

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

durvacana (दुर्वचन).—n durvākya n Bad language or speech. Abuse, scurrility.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Durvacana (दुर्वचन).—[neuter] = seq.*

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Durvacana (दुर्वचन):—[=dur-vacana] [from dur] n. [plural] bad or harsh language, [Ratnāvalī iii, 10/11.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Durvacana (दुर्वचन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Duvayaṇa, Duvvayaṇa.

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Durvacana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Durvacana (दुर्वचन) [Also spelled durvachan]:—(nm) scurrility, scurrilous words; abuse; (a) scurrilous, foul-tongued.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Durvacana (ದುರ್ವಚನ):—[noun] foul language; abominable speech.

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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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Partial matches: Dur, Vacana.

Full-text: Duvayana, Durbhashana, Duvvayana, Durvachan, Abhishasti.

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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)

Verse 1.16.291 < [Chapter 16 - The Glories of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura]

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