Kharapada, Kharapaḍa: 1 definition
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Kharapada 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 Dictionarykharapaḍa (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.
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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Starts with: Kharapadadhya, Kharapadadya.
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