Napha, Naphā: 4 definitions
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Napha 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 Dictionarynaphā (नफा) [or नफफा, naphaphā].—m ( A) Profit, advantage, emolument, gain.
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nāphā (नाफा).—m (Commonly nābhā) The cyst or bag of the Thibet musk. 2 (Properly nēphā) The channel of the drawing string of trowsers or drawers.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnaphā (नफा) [or naphūphā, or नफूफा].—m Profit, advantage.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Naphā (नफा):—(nm) profit; gain; advantage; -[nukasāna samajhanā] to know which side one’s bread is buttered; to know one’s good and bad; —[khānā] to profit through (some act), to reap the advantage of.
2) Nāpha (नाफ):—(nf) the navel; —[calanā] the navel to be dislocated.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNaphā (ನಫಾ):—[noun] = ನಫೆ [naphe].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Naphadara, Naphaka, Naphakhora, Naphakhori, Naphanukasana, Naphar, Naphara, Napharajaminu, Napharamani, Napharata, Naphari, Napharjaminu, Naphasata.
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