Minamina, Miṇamiṇa: 4 definitions

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Minamina means something in Marathi, Hindi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

miṇamiṇa (मिणमिण) [or णा, ṇā].—ad (Imit.) Dimly;--a lamp burning. Pr. mi0 divā āṇi kṛpaṇācī sēvā.

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miṇamiṇa (मिणमिण).—f (Imit.) Low, faint, or feeble speech: also murmuring or mumbling. v lāva, kara.

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miṇamiṇā (मिणमिणा) [or ण्या, ṇyā].—a (miṇamiṇa) That burns dimly or faintly; glimmering--a light. 2 That speaks low, feebly, faintly. 3 That dawdles, pokes, dallies, lingers. 4 fig. Oppressed by and sinking under concealed sorrow.

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

miṇamiṇa (मिणमिण).—f Low, faint speech; murmuring.

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miṇamiṇā (मिणमिणा).—

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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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Minamina (मिनमिन):—(nf) inarticulate speech; speech through the nose.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Miṇamiṇa (ಮಿಣಮಿಣ):—[noun] an onomatopoeic term formed to denote the weakly burning of a lamp.

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Miṇamiṇa (ಮಿಣಮಿಣ):—[adverb] burning very weakly (said of a lamp).

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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.

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