Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

laphaṅgā (लफंगा) [or ग्या, gyā].—a sometimes laphāṅgā or gyā or laphaṅghā or ghyā a Clever at or addicted to vaporing, puffing, or vain-glorious rattle; also at getting up plausible excuses or explanations; also at extravagant and empty promises or professions. The word, being foreign, is, although not infrequently used, darkly understood and indefinitely applied.

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

laphaṅgā (लफंगा) [-gyā, -ग्या].—a Clever at or addicted to vapouring, puffing.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Laphaṃga (ಲಫಂಗ):—[noun] an iniquitous, unjust, wicked fellow.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Laphaṅgā (लफङ्गा):—adj. pl. of लफङ्गो [laphaṅgo]

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Laphamgagiri.

Full-text: Lapanga.

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