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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pāṅgharūṇa (पांघरूण).—n (prāvaraṇa S) A cloth in general to throw over or to wear loosely around the body,--as a shawl, cloak, mantle, sheet. 2 pl Clothes, dress, articles of apparel. Ex. paraṭākaḍacīṃ pāṅgharuṇēṃ ālīṃ nāhīnta. 3 Applied fig. to one's parents, patron, guardian &c. Ex. rājā rājyācēṃ pāṃ0; āī hēṃ mulāñcēṃ pāṃ0. pāṃ0 karaṇēṃ To put on one's clothes; to dress one's self. This phrase is vulgar, pertaining mainly to the servants of Europeans, in agreement with the equally vulgar Hindustani The proper verbs are ghālaṇēṃ & ghēṇēṃ. pāṃ0 ghālaṇēṃ as used figuratively is To cover over or hush up (faults or follies); to palliate or cloak.

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

pāṅgharūṇa (पांघरूण).—n A cloth in general to throw over or to wear loosely around the body-as a shawl, cloak, mantle; sheet. pl Clothes, dress, articles of apparel. pāṃ?B ghālaṇēṃ as used figuratively is to cover or hush up (faults or follies.)

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)

Ends with: Antharuna Pangharuna, Antharuna-pangharuna, Ciraguta Pangharuna, Ciragutapangharuna.

Full-text: Kambaruna, Ciraguta Pangharuna, Gharaca-khamba, Antharuna-pangharuna, Gharaca Khamba, Pangharanem, Aba.

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