Gadadu, Gaḍadū: 3 definitions
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Gadadu 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 Dictionarygaḍadū (गडदू) [or धू, dhū].—a Stout, sturdy, burly, lusty--person or animal. 2 Applied freely as the words Big, strapping, whacking, whapping, to a weight or load, and to a thing gen.
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gaḍadū (गडदू).—m A weight placed to press down: also, in some districts, a weighty load. 2 A load, burden, obligation, in the figurative sense; e. g. a rite or practice of which the observance, or an endowment &c. of which the support, is required from us by the example of our forefathers or our predecessors in office.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishgaḍadū (गडदू).—a Stout. m A weight placed to press down. A load, burden, obligation.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGaḍadu (ಗಡದು):—[adjective] = ಗಡದ್ದು [gadaddu]1.
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Gaḍadu (ಗಡದು):—[noun] = ಗಡದ್ದು [gadaddu]2.
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Gadaḍu (ಗದಡು):—[noun] a strong, pungent smell (as of red chilli powder).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: Cakanmakatatu, Edegadadu, Katturigadadu, Manamgadadu, Olagadadu, Saganigadadu, Sasivegadadu.
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