Lelemajanu, Lēlēmajanū, Lelemajanū: 1 definition

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

lēlēmajanū (लेलेमजनू).—m (Because the Shimga revelers and strolling players perform, according to their ludicrously crude apprehension of the case, the wonderful and pity-stirring loves and sorrows of the celebrated & of Persian story.) A term for a poor, pitiful, abject, chickenhearted fellow (this being the portraiture it pleaseth the Hindu to draw of the deep-enamoured ).

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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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