Hidaga, Hiḍagā: 2 definitions

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Hidaga 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

hiḍagā (हिडगा).—m (hihagā was a proper name of a man of freaks and fancies.) Applied to a Hobby-rider or man of crotchets and whimsies. Pr. hiḍagyācī vyālī gāya āṇi khāndyāvara vāṃsarūṃ jatryālā jāya. Applied also to a wild, flighty, roving person; or to a rantipole or truant child; or, freely, in the sense Loose, licentious, libertine, dissolute; or idle, low, disorderly and disreputable. Occurring also in conjunction with bhāī, and then plurally; as hiḍagē bhāī miḷālē āṇi masalata bighaḍalī. Applied also to a man that keeps company with women, a woman's man, a cotquean.

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

hiḍagā (हिडगा).—m A whimsical, loose, dissolute or a wild person.

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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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