Lavatoda, Lāvatōḍa, Lāvatoḍa: 2 definitions
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Lavatoda 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 Dictionarylāvatōḍa (लावतोड).—f (lāvaṇēṃ & tōḍaṇēṃ) Urgency; worrying or hurrying pressure; as kāmācī -dēṇyāghēṇyācī- jāṇyāyēṇyācī-bōlaṇyācālaṇyācī-khāṇyāpiṇyācī lā0. 2 Urgedness; sense of worry or confusing and fluttering pressure; as jivācī -prāṇācī -antaḥ- karaṇācī lā0. 3 Hurry, flutter, precipitancy; hurried rapidity and disorderliness of performance or action. Note. By many the word is written with anusvāra (viz. lāṃvatōḍa), and derived, sometimes from lāṃva (A certain Rakshasi or female fiend) and tōḍaṇēṃ (To tear, rend, pluck), sometimes from lāṃvā (The quail so fond of fighting) and tōḍaṇēṃ; signifying, according to those assigning the first derivation, Hanging upon in fierce enforcement; also the state or sense of pressure and worry therefrom; according to those assigning the second, Angry conflict or altercation.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishlāvatōḍa (लावतोड).—f Urgency, worrying, pressure.
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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