Gamvajevana, Gāṃvajēvaṇa, Gāṃvajevaṇa: 2 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Gamvajevana in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

gāṃvajēvaṇa (गांवजेवण).—n gāṃvajēvaṇāvaḷa f gāṃvabhōjana n Feast given to a village in all its castes and classes. 2 Feast given to all one's caste-fellows of a village. Pr. hēṃ navhē gāṃvajēvaṇa kīṃ ghētalā thāḷātāmbyā āṇi cālalā jēvāyālā Said in reproof to a person making light of a matter which demands thought and pains.

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

gāṃvajēvaṇa (गांवजेवण).—n jēvaṇāvaḷa f bhōjana n samārādhanā f Feasting the whole village; or all one's caste-fellows of a village.

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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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