Gajaba: 3 definitions

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Gajaba means something in Marathi, Hindi. 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

gajaba (गजब).—m ( A) Violent oppression and outrage. v kara, māṇḍa, cālava. 2 A furious assault or address; running at open-mouthed. v kara. 3 A heavy blow; a severe stroke of fortune; an afflictive dispensation. v hō, gudara. ēkagajaba A phrase used to express effort, excess, vehemence, superlativeness in general of injurious or wild action. Thus tyānēṃ ē0 māṇḍalā will import He makes dreadful devastation--an invader, a tyrant, a pestilence, a famine: He bellows vehemently--a child: He fights like a fury; he works like a horse &c. &c.--serving simply to give emphasis to the significant word with which it is constructed. Ex. tyānēṃ māraṇyācā-luṭaṇyācā-raḍaṇyācā-laḍhaṇyācā- ōraḍaṇyācā ē0 māṇḍalā,

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

gajaba (गजब).—m Violent oppression and outrage. v kara, māṇḍa, cālava. A furious assault. v kara. A heavy blow, a severe stroke of fortune, an afflictive dispensation. v hō, gudara. ēkagajaba A phrase used to express effort, excess, vehemence. It serves simply to give emphasis to the significant word with which it is constructed.

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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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Gajaba (गजब):—(nf) a calamity; fury, wrath; tyranny, outrage; —[] extremely amazing, wonderful; —,[khudā kā] divine wrath/fury; —[ṭūṭanā] to be shattered by a calamity, to be in deep distress; —[ḍhānā] to commit an outrage/atrocity, to be outrageous/atrocious; ~[nāka] amazing, wonderful.

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