Hengada, Hēṅgaḍa, Heṅgaḍa: 2 definitions

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Hengada 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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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

hēṅgaḍa (हेंगड) [or डा, ḍā].—and, by redup., hēṅgaḍatiphaḍa a See under hēṅgāḍā.

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hēṅgāḍa (हेंगाड).—a (hēṅkasū Canarese for Woman. The Canarese language the sapient Maraṭha is pleased to think harsh and unmusical. ) An epithet employed revilingly in the sense of Rude, clumsy, awkward, fumbling, bungling, unhandy (at speech or any work or action); also in that of Rude, rough, coarse, ugly, monstrous, barbarous;--used of speaking or a speech, working, acting, or of a work or an act, a practice, a fashion &c.; also in that of Dull, heavy, stupid; and in that of Stubborn, perverse, crooked. The word is applied freely, as the English words Savage and Barbarous, to foreign persons, languages, costumes, modes, and manners. Pr. hēṅgāḍā kuṇabī duṇā rābē dhanyālā kharca phāra lāgē.

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hēṅgāḍā (हेंगाडा).—a (hēṅkasū Canarese for Woman. The Canarese language the sapient Maraṭha is pleased to think harsh and unmusical. ) An epithet employed revilingly in the sense of Rude, clumsy, awkward, fumbling, bungling, unhandy (at speech or any work or action); also in that of Rude, rough, coarse, ugly, monstrous, barbarous;--used of speaking or a speech, working, acting, or of a work or an act, a practice, a fashion &c.; also in that of Dull, heavy, stupid; and in that of Stubborn, perverse, crooked. The word is applied freely, as the English words Savage and Barbarous, to foreign persons, languages, costumes, modes, and manners. Pr. hēṅgāḍā kuṇabī duṇā rābē dhanyālā kharca phāra lāgē.

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hēṅgaḍā (हेंगडा).—a (hēṅkasū Canarese for Woman. The Canarese language the sapient Maraṭha is pleased to think harsh and unmusical. ) An epithet employed revilingly in the sense of Rude, clumsy, awkward, fumbling, bungling, unhandy (at speech or any work or action); also in that of Rude, rough, coarse, ugly, monstrous, barbarous;--used of speaking or a speech, working, acting, or of a work or an act, a practice, a fashion &c.; also in that of Dull, heavy, stupid; and in that of Stubborn, perverse, crooked. The word is applied freely, as the English words Savage and Barbarous, to foreign persons, languages, costumes, modes, and manners. Pr. hēṅgāḍā kuṇabī duṇā rābē dhanyālā kharca phāra lāgē.

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

hēṅgaḍā (हेंगडा).—a Rude; dull; perverse.

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hēṅgaḍa (हेंगड) [-ḍā, -डा].—a Rude; dull; perverse.

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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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