Kharapada, Kharapaḍa: 1 definition

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[«previous next»] — Kharapada in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kharapaḍa (खरपड).—n sometimes kharapāḍa n sometimes kharapaṭa n (Imit. of the sound of vessels striking against the bottom and sides of an empty well.) A general outcry of difficulty and distress (from want of rain, and thus, from the failure of the crops, the consequent dearth, and the dryness of the tanks and wells). v paḍa g. of s. Ex. pāṇyācēṃ kha0 paḍalēṃ; sāla gudastāṃ dhānyācēṃ kha0 paḍalēṃ; kha0 paḍalēṃ atidāruṇa || dōna pāyalyācī jhālī dhāraṇa ||. 2 A crag &c. See kharapaṭa n.

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kharapaḍa (खरपड) [or डी, ḍī].—f (Commonly kharapuḍī) An insect of the Locust genus.

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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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