Kagada, Kāgaḍā: 6 definitions

Introduction:

Kagada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kāgaḍā (कागडा).—a ( H A crow.) Shrewd, sharp, clever, penetrating. It is a rather low or familiar word.

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kāgada (कागद).—m ( P) Paper. 2 A letter or note; any piece of writing. kāgadāvara basaṇēṃ Amongst school-children. To be advanced beyond the dusty floor or the sandboard, and to begin to write upon paper. kāgadāvara basaviṇēṃ or ghālaṇēṃ To set to write upon paper.

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

kāgaḍā (कागडा).—a Sharp, clever, shrewd, penetrating.

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kāgada (कागद).—m Paper. A letter or note.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāgada (कागद):—n. paper (Hindūstānī kāghaś).

[Sanskrit to German]

Kagada in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kāgada (ಕಾಗದ):—

1) [noun] a thin, flexible material made usu. in sheets from a pulp prepared from rags, wood or other fibrous material, and used for writing or printing on, for packaging, as wrapping material, structural material, etc.; a paper.

2) [noun] a single sheet or piece of paper.

3) [noun] a written or printed message; a letter.

4) [noun] a card, folded and gummed or not, for writing or printing a message; a letter-card.

5) [noun] anything printed, written, etc. that contains information or is relied upon to record or prove something; a paper affording written information as evidence of a contract; a written document.

6) [noun] ಕಾಗದ ಪತ್ರ [kagada patra] kāgada patra (used in pl.) written documents evidencing a contract or any transaction.

7) [noun] (used in pl.) communication by letters; letters of correspondence; ಕಾಗದದ ಹುಂಡಿ [kagadada humdi] kāgadada huṇḍi a document used in lieu of hard cash e.g. a cheque, a bill of exchange etc.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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