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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nāṃva (नांव) [or नाव, nāva].—n (nāma S) A name or an appellation. 2 A noun. 3 fig. Renown, reputation, celebrity, character, credit, good name. 4 A bad name or character, a blot, brand, stigma. v ṭhēva. nāṃva jaḷō or bhājō, nāṃvāsa haḷada lāgō &c. Phrases in imprecation. nāṃva nakō Phrase expressing utter disgust or abhorrence. nāṃva na ghēṇēṃ g. of o. To abstain from; to refrain or hold off from wholly; to name no more. nāṃva nāhīṃ (vidyēcēṃ, paiśācēṃ, sākha- rēcēṃ &c.) There is not the name or shadow of, the faintest appearance, mark, trace, sign of. nāṃva sōḍaṇēṃ or ṭākaṇēṃ g. of o. To drop the name of. 2 To give up or relinquish; to dissolve connection with or quench desire after. nāṃvācā Nominal, having only the name of: also bearing a (great or good) name. nāvānēṃ bōmba māraṇēṃ g. of o. To cry out on; to clamor vehemently and publicly against. nāṃvāvara On the account of; for the sake of; out of regard to. nāṃvāvara pāṇī ghālaṇēṃ g. of o. To marr or blast one's good name. nāṃvāvara vikaṇēṃ To be admitted or well received in the name of. nāṃvāsa caḍhaṇēṃ To attain to eminence and celebrity. nāṃvāsa dēkhīla nāhīṃ There is notenough toswear by. To the above add--jyācēṃ nāṃva with neg. con. Of which even the name (is not), i. e. of which there is noneatall, none absolutely. Ex. yandā pāūsa jyācēṃ nāṃva paḍalā nāhīṃ, Also jyācēṃ nāṃva tēṃ (Whose name--it, i. e. it or he the unnamed, as being inauspicious or unworthy to be named.) Used of a thing or a person which never renders or performs what is required or expected. nāṃvagāṃva vicāraṇēṃ g. of o. (To ask the name and the village of.) To ask the circumstances and common particulars of; to inquire about. nāṃva ṭhēvaṇēṃ To brand, stigmatize, blame, find fault with. 2 also nāṃva sāṅgaṇēṃ-lāvaṇēṃ- ghālaṇēṃ-dēṇēṃ To fix the price or terms of. nāṃva ṭhēvīla lōkālā śēmbūḍa āpalyā nākālā Used of ready faultfinding with neighbors whilst there is blindness athome. nāṃva dhuḷīnta -mātīnta -pāṇyānta-gvānta &c. jāṇēṃ- miḷaṇēṃ-paḍaṇēṃ To lose one's good name. nāṃvācī bōmba paḍaṇēṃ g. of s. To become, as the perpetrator of some evil deed, the subject of popular complaint or clamor. nāṃvānēṃ pāṇī tāvaṇēṃ g. of o. To hate and wish the death of. nāṃvānēṃ pūja asaṇēṃ g. of s. (To have a cipher attached.) To be utterly wanting. nāṃvānēṃ śaṅkha g. of s. (To be the subject of wail or outcry.) To be non-existent, null, wanting. nāṃvā- vara gōvaṛyā phōḍaṇēṃ-ghālaṇēṃ-racaṇēṃ &c. To imprecate evil or to prepare evil against. (Because gōvaṛyā are gathered for the burning of a corpse.) nāṃvēṃ In the name of. This word is, amongst merchants, (as kharca is in official accounts,) the heading of the expenditure-side of an account, understood before each item.

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

nāṃva (नांव) [or nāva, or नाव].—n A name or an appellation. A noun. Renown, reputation. A bad name or character. nāṃva jaḷō or bhājō, nāṃvāsa haḷada lāgō &c. Phrases in imprecation.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Namvabudavya, Namvadharaka, Namvagrahana, Namvakari, Namvakharanem, Namvalaukika, Namvam, Namvanata, Namvanema, Namvanirala, Namvanishana, Namvanishi, Namvanishivara, Namvarasa, Namvarupa, Namvasaki, Namvasata, Namvavara.

Ends with: Adanamva, Ninamva, Padanamva, Palanyantalem Namva, Poshaki Namva, Ramacem Namva, Vahatem Namva.

Full-text (+21): Poshaki Namva, Vahatem Namva, Rasakuta, Upanama, Janmanama, Vyavaharikanama, Ninamva, Gananatha, Bapu, Priticem Nama, Ramacem Namva, Gajavinem, Palanyantalem Namva, Rashanama, Tatoba, Rashaghatita, Ekadam-kanaphatya-namva-padanem, Daji, Namvanata, Babu.

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