Kharapudi, Kharapuḍī: 2 definitions

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Kharapudi 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

kharapuḍī (खरपुडी).—f A detached or loosened piece (of bark, rind, skin, crust, of a coating or plastering gen.); a peeling, a cake, a scab, a scale. 2 A bird of the Heron kind. 3 An insect of the Gryllus or Locust genus. 4 A little plant and its root of the Arum genus. (Common at Mahabaleshwar in the rains.)

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

kharapuḍī (खरपुडी) [-pōḍī, -पोडी].—f A loosened piece (of skin &c.); a peeling. A kind of bird. An insect. A plant.

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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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