Kadakha, Kaḍākhā: 1 definition

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Kadakha 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

kaḍākhā (कडाखा).—m (Imit.) A loud-sounding blow or stroke; a strapping, a whack, a whop: also the sound of it, or generally, a loud whacking or cracking sound. 2 fig. It is extensively used in the sense of Sharpness, fierceness, rigor, severity &c., intensity or extremity generally, of action or of quality; as thaṇḍīcā ka0 Sharpness of cold; uṇācā ka0 Fierceness of heat; pāvasācā or pāṇyācā ka0 Severity or violence of rain; rāgācā ka0 Extravagance of anger; dhāraṇēcā ka0 Exorbitance of price or rate; dhānyācā ka0 Great scarcity of corn or grain, i. e. great outcry about it; mahā- mārīcā ka0 Intense ravages of the cholera; pēṇḍhā- ṛyāñcā-rāmōśāñcā-paracakrācā-ka0 &c. &c. 3 ka0 is further used, almost interchangeably, with taḍākhā & dhaḍākhā, under which words see at large.

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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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