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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

navāī (नवाई).—f (navā) An uncommon event or matter; a marvel or wonder. Ex. kānhayā mhaṇē tē samayīṃ || dhanya na0 agādha ||. 2 Newness or youngness; freshness of youth. Ex. kāya sāṅgūṃ mī hyā rūpācī na0 ॥.

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

navāī (नवाई).—f An uncommon event or matter; a marvel or wonder.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Navai (नवै).—ind. Not so perhaps, a particle implying doubt. E. na not, vai expletive.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Navai (नवै):—adv. Not so, perhaps.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Navai (நவை) noun cf. நவு-. [navu-.]

1. Blemish, defect, fault, evil; குற்றம். அருநவையாற்றுதல் [kurram. arunavaiyarruthal] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 295).

2. Disgrace; meanness; இழிவு. [izhivu.] (W.)

3. Punishment; தண்டனை. பெரும்பெயர் மன்னனிற் பெரு நவை பட்டீர் [thandanai. perumbeyar mannanir peru navai pattir] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 16, 171).

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Navai (நவை) [navaittal] 11 transitive verb < நவை. [navai.] To kill; கொல்லுதல். சூர்நவை முருகன் சுற்றத் தன்ன [kolluthal. surnavai murugan surrath thanna] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 23).

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Nāvai (நாவை) noun < idem. (W.)

1. The part of the plough that receives the share; கலப்பை நா. [kalappai na.]

2. Lower end of the ploughshare; கொழு நுனி. [kozhu nuni.]

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Navai (நவை) [navaittal] 11 transitive verb To dispossess, take away; அபகரித்தல். பலகள்வர் நவை யாரால் [apagarithal. palagalvar navai yaral] (நீலகேசி [nilagesi], 273).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Ends with: Arainavai, Atthanavai, Bunavai, Gajjanavai, Janasunavai, Netunavai, Ninavai, Nunavai, Panavai, Ranavai, Sanavai, Sunavai, Thanavai, Tirunavai, Tunavai, Unavai.

Full-text: Netunavai, Rituka, Navamai, Videhi, Arainavai, Na-matikol, Cikuvacanni, Nanittu, Painnakam, Rupakatishayokti, Na.

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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)

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