Hengadamengada, Hēṅgaḍamēṅgaḍa, Heṅgaḍameṅgaḍa: 2 definitions

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Hengadamengada 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

hēṅgaḍamēṅgaḍa (हेंगडमेंगड) [or हेंगडामेंगडा, hēṅgaḍāmēṅgaḍā].—a (Imitative or fanciful. ) Poor, paltry, mean, minikin, sorry, shabby, wretched, worthless;--as a trinket or an article or an animal in general. 2 Irrelevant or nonsensical--speech. 3 Used as ad Irrelevantly or nonsensically--speaking. 4 hēṅgaḍamēṅgaḍa is used as s f & n in the sense Trumpery or poor stuff: also non-descript sundries: also rattle, gabble, mere chatter: and both forms are used as hēṅgaḍūṃ mēṅgaḍūṃ.

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

hēṅgaḍamēṅgaḍa (हेंगडमेंगड).—a Poor; nonsensi- cal. f n Trumpery.

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hēṅgaḍāmēṅgaḍā (हेंगडामेंगडा).—a Poor; nonsensi- cal. f n Trumpery.

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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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