Khokada, Khōkaḍa, Khokaḍa: 2 definitions
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Khokada 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 Dictionarykhōkaḍa (खोकड).—f A play amongst children. Commonly khōkhō.
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khōkaḍa (खोकड) [or खोंकड, khōṅkaḍa].—f n The Indian fox. 2 Understood by some to be a female jackal. 3 Applied, metaphorically, (from fancied points of resemblance,) to a man, woman, cow, buffalo &c. aged and ugly, or decrepit, infirm, or sickly. 4 Hence too, esp. in the Konkan̤, applied to soil in the general sense of Sterile, arid, meagre, lean, poor, rocky, bad.
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khōkāḍa (खोकाड).—n A side of the face or a cheek. Used always with implication of reproach for hugeness, ugliness, filthiness &c., or for deformity through swollenness, or with threats of a blow upon it.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkhōkaḍa (खोकड).—f n The Indian fox; app. to a man, woman, &c., aged, ugly or infirm; and to a soil sterile or poor.
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khōkāḍa (खोकाड).—n A side of the face used reproachfully.
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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Full-text: Dhavarem, Janmakhunta, Khokadi, Khunta.
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