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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

jhaṭaka (झटक).—f (Imit.) A smart and rapid going and returning; a shake, a jiffey, a whisk. v māra.

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jhaṭakā (झटका).—m jhaṭakārā m (Imit. formations from jhaṭa!) A smart blow as with a stick or switch. 2 A sudden and smart pull: also a Jerk with hand or foot. 3 A sudden and smart pain, a shooting, throe, pang, twinge. 4 A puff, gust, blast (of wind): a bursting forth (of rage): a blow or blast (from a bhūta or fiend): a flinging out (of the foot in dancing): a swing (of the arm or body): the sweep or sway (of a weapon): a whisk from a skirt or an end. v māra, dē, basa. 5 A shake or a flap; a flap with the sūpa or sifting fan &c. v dē. 6 A concussion or sudden blow (as from a body struck against); a knock or hit (as in falling. v lāga. 7 A stroke of the sun; or, less specially, a blast of ūnha or sun-heated air: the sweep or prevalence, or an alighting stroke, of jarīmarī or other epidemic: an attack of fever, bilious disorder &c.: a blight falling upon crops: a blow (loss) in trade or business. v lāga, basa, māra N.B. jhaṭakārā is, throughout the above senses, less common than jhaṭakā. jhaṭakyāpaṭakyānta In a shake or trice; in half a moment. jhaṭakyāsarasā With a smart slash, cut, or stroke; with a jerk, catch, or pull; with a sweep or swing; with a whisk or shake; with a sally, start, spring, bound, dart, rush, run, go; with any outburst or sudden and forceful action: also as with a pop; all of a sudden--dropping down dead.

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

jhaṭaka (झटक).—f A smart and rapid going and returning.

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jhaṭakā (झटका).—m jhaṭakārā m A smart blow. A sudden and smart pull. A sudden and smart pain. A bursting forth (of rage.)

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Jhaṭakā (झटका):—(nm) a jerk, jolt, shock; lurch; beheading (an animal) with one stroke; the meat of an animal so beheaded.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Jhatakana, Jhatakanem, Jhatakaphataka, Jhatakarana, Jhatakaranem, Jhatakarna, Jhatakavinem.

Ends with: Jhadajhataka.

Full-text: Jhatakaranem, Jhatakaphataka, Jhidaka, Jhatak, Sataka.

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