Khista: 2 definitions
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Khista 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 Dictionarykhista (खिस्त).—f ( A) An instalment. 2 Payment by instalments. 3 The period or term of an instalment. Ex. khista bharalyānantara rupayē rāhilē tara vyāja paḍēla. 4 It expresses various ruinous ways of borrowing money: viz. Rendering back the principal borrowed and paying the interest accrued in the evening of each day:--rendering daily together with the interest a portion of the principal, continuing to pay interest for the whole sum borrowed until the full repayment be effected:--paying daily such a sum and for such a term that the aggregate of the daily payments shall exceed, by a half, a fourth &c., the sum borrowed. 5 fig. A division of a business or a distinct article to be attended to. With implication of there being many such, and thus of vexatiousness or tiresomeness. khista therefore is used and is explained as A vexation; a teasing or troublesome affair. Ex. hēṃ khistīcēṃ kāma āhē; hā khistīcā rōja- gāra; hā khistīcā svēmpāka. 6 fig. A particular, point, item, head. With the implication of Pretence, pretext, false plea. Ex. hā pāṭīla hajāra khistīnēṃ chaḷatō. khistīcā Consisting of many divisions or distinct heads or articles: hence troublesome, tiresome, teasing, vexing--a business or an affair.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkhista (खिस्त).—f An instalment. Fig. A trouble- some affair. A particular point or pretext.
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: Khistabandi, Khistai, Khistaka, Khistakhanda.
Full-text: Khisti, Khistakhanda, Khistai, Cukata.
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