Khota, aka: Khōṭa, Khoṭa; 2 Definition(s)
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Khota 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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khōṭa (खोट).—f A mass of metal (unwrought or of old metal melted down); an ingot or wedge. Hence 2 A lump or solid bit (as of phlegm, gore, curds, inspissated milk); any concretion or clot. khōṭīcā Composed or made of khōṭa, as khōṭīcēṃ bhāṇḍēṃ.
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khōṭa (खोट).—f Loss (in trade or dealing). 2 Falsehood, i. e. want of truth, of reality, of honesty, of faithfulness, of sincerity &c. 3 or khōṇṭa f The heel.
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khōṭā (खोटा).—a ( H) False, i. e. not actual or real, or not veracious. 2 Faithless, perfidious, fraudulent. 3 Spurious, counterfeit, adulterate. 4 Debased, alloyed, bad--money. Pr. khōṭā tarī gāṇṭha- cā vēḍā tarī pōṭacā If the money be bad, it is yet out of one's own purse: if the child be mad, it is yet from one's own belly; "one's own is faultless."
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khōta (खोत).—m A renter of a village; a farmer of land or revenue; a farmer of the customs: also a contractor or monopolist gen. 2 In some provinces. An hereditary officer whose duty it is to collect for Government the revenue of the village: also an officer appointed for this office. 3 A tribe, or an individual of it, of Brahmans in the Southern Konkan̤: otherwise called javaḷa.
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English DictionaryMarathi 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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| Buddhica Khota | buddhīcā khōṭā (बुद्धीचा खोटा).—Of wicked disposition, evilminded. | |
| Drishti | dṛṣṭi (दृष्टि).—a (S) That sees. In comp. as sūkṣmadṛṣṭi, sthūladṛṣṭi, dōṣadṛṣṭi, guṇadṛṣṭi &c.... | |
| Patha | patha (पथ).—m A road, way, path.--- OR --- pāṭha (पाठ).—m Reading the Vedas. Reading in general... | |
| Janma | janma (जन्म).—m n Birth or production. Life-time. In comp. From birth or throughout
life. Ex. j... | |
| Hora | hōrā (होरा).—f Part of the duration of a sign. m Prediction. Guess, apprehension. | |
| Punja | puñja (पुंज) [-puñjāḷa, -पुंजाळ].—m A heap or mass.--- OR --- puñjā (पुंजा).—m A quantity of ya... | |
| Thala | thala (थल).—f A share (of the lessor or lessee) in the produce of a field.--- OR --- thaḷa (थळ)... | |
| Toda | tōḍā (तोडा).—m A purse of money (commonly of 1000 pieces). The match of a gun.
A ring of gold o... | |
| Hada | haḍa (हड).—ind A sound uttered in driving off a dog.--- OR --- hada (हद).—f A limit, boundary; ... | |
| Khotaki | khōtakī (खोतकी).—f The office or business of khōta. | |
| Khotapatti | khōtapaṭṭī (खोतपट्टी).—f An exaction or an impost for the benefit of the khōta. | |
| Khotavetha | khōtavēṭha (खोतवेठ).—f Service, &c., exacted without payment by the khōta. | |
| Khotem | khōṭēṃ (खोटें).—n A devil that haunts persons and places. Untruth. | |
| Nangarajota | nāṅgarajōta (नांगरजोत).—n An article of the press-service of the khōta of a village. The furnis... | |
| Khalasa | khalāsa (खलास).—a Consumed, exhausted; ended.--- OR --- khālasā (खालसा).—a Belonging to the Sta... |
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