Khunta Honem, Khuṇṭa Hōṇēṃ, Khuṇṭa Hoṇeṃ: 1 definition

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[«previous next»] — Khunta Honem in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

khuṇṭa hōṇēṃ (खुंट होणें).—(To be a stump or stake.) To sit in sulky silence and stillness. khuṇṭāsa khuṇṭa ubhā rāhaṇēṃ or hōṇēṃ Expresses any regular flowing in to supply a regular issue; any succession of comers to fill the vacancies left by goers; or any arrival or accession in the place of a departure or a loss; any quid pro quo. Ex. ajā mēlā nātū jhālā khuṇṭāsa khuṇṭa ubhā rāhilā. khuṇṭāsārakhā ubhā rāhaṇēṃ- asaṇēṃ-khuṇṭaṇēṃ To stand stock-upright. khuṇṭāsa khuṇṭa ghēṇēṃ To take tit for tat, to retaliate.

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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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