Kharapusa, Kharapūsa: 2 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kharapūsa (खरपूस).—a Well roasted, fried, parched &c. so as to be brownish and crisp, and to have agreeable fragrance and flavor. 2 fig. Downright, determinate, blunt, not disguised or minced--speech: positive, peremptory--injunction &c.: direct, decided, bold, energetic--proceedings, measures: prompt, sharp, smart, forward, daring--a person, a disposition. 3 Well digested or concocted; well-matured (cooked)--counsel, deliberation. 4 Used as an adverb of emphasis or enhancement: as kha0 tāpaviṇēṃ To make boiling or red hot. kha0 bhājaṇēṃ-taḷaṇēṃ-bōlaṇēṃ-sāṅgaṇēṃ.

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

kharapūsa (खरपूस).—a Well roasted. Fig. Downright, positive; blunt.

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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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