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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

khāṇēṃ (खाणें).—v c (ada S) To eat. 2 To peculate, embezzle, swallow bribes; to pick and appropriate fraudulently. 3 To swallow up; to take in; to absorb or devour. 4 To take up; to consume--as a building or other work consumes materials. 5 To receive or sustain; to be the subject of (a beating, heat, cold). 6 To inhale (the air). 7 To take (an oath). 8 To eat up; to overcome or subdue utterly. 9 To omit, skip, leave out (words or letters in speaking or writing). 10 Used as cāvaṇēṃ & ḍasaṇēṃ in the sense of To bite. Ex. sāpa khāī pōṭa ritēṃ (or rikāmēṃ or upāśī) The serpent bites, but he fills not his belly. Used also of the Biting of dogs and of certain venomous reptiles and insects and troublesome vermin: also of the Gnawing of bodily uncleanness; as maḷa khātō; and, maḷa, vā, pisā &c. being implied, it takes as its subject ḍōkēṃ or ḍōī or kēśa; as mājhēṃ ḍōkēṃ (or ḍōsakēṃ, ḍōkasēṃ, śīra &c.) khātēṃ; mājhē kēśa khātāta. 11 To gnaw, corrode, peck, bite--sin, a crime, mana or evil conscience. Ex. kiṃ pāpiyāsī nijapātaka jēvī khātēṃ ||. 12 To gnaw, lit. fig.--disagreeing food, bile, offensive speech: also to swallow up or ruin--an enterprise or undertaking. khāūṃ jāṇē tō pacavūṃ jāṇē He who embezzles or peculates knows how to make it all appear well accounted for. khāūna jēvūna khuśāla or sukhī One that is in easy circumstances, in enjoyment of competence and comforts. khāṇyāmuḷēṃ hīnaśakta hōṇēṃ To grow or be feeble from want of food. khāyāpyāyācē divasa The joyous and jocund days (of youth); the bright and happy hours (of the morning of life). 2 The season of prosperity. khāvēnā tara khāvēnā lavaṇḍūna hī dēvēnā? (Though I cannot eat it myself, yet can I not upset it? Expressive of a spirit like that of the Dog in the manger.

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khāṇēṃ (खाणें).—v i (ada S) To eat; to eat and be; to feed or take food. Note. This verb does not signify To take a meal. See jēvaṇēṃ. 2 To ache--the head, i. e. ḍōkēṃ-ḍōsakēṃ-ḍōī-śīra-māthā-kapāḷa &c. 3 Used as v imp with lā. To have a gnawing sensation. khā yāṃ tuṭaṇēṃ To fail in one's appetite or in one's power of eating.

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khāṇēṃ (खाणें).—n An eatable thing; provision or food.

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

khāṇēṃ (खाणें).—v t Eat; swallow up; consume. Bite. Embezzle. n An eatable thing. khāyacēṃ dānta vēgaḷē, dākhavāyacē vēgaḷē To have one thing and to show another; hypo- crisy. khāyalā kāḷa bhuīlā bhāra A useless person who is only a cause of expense and burden to the earth.

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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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Ends with (+35): Adakhanem, Ankhanem, Arekhanem, Asurikhanem, Bucakalya Khanem, Cakhanem, Caumekhanem, Cokhanem, Cukhanem, Cunkhanem, Dankhanem, Dekhanem, Dukhanem, Dunkhanem, Durmukhanem, Gokhanem, Hatacokhanem, Jadadukhanem, Jevanenkhanem, Jokhanem.

Full-text (+113): Curamura, Butakuli, Phadanem, Jhugajhuga, Muga, Kuramura, Pholanem, Dahim, Citta, Hirava, Una, Dadapanem, O, Khakhai, Ucapatakhau, Bondekhau, Kadakada-data-khanem, Khaupasari, Bucakalya Khanem, Panikhallela.

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