Patthar: 1 definition

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Patthar means something in 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.

Ambiguity: Although Patthar has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Patthara.

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Patthar in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) stone; (fig.) hardhearted; heartless, unfeeling (person); —[ki khana] a quarry; ~[cata] a kind of grass; a kind of snake; stingy (person); ~[phoda] (said ironically) a stone-dresser; ~[baja] one who pelts/throws stones (at); ~[baji] pelting of stones, stonethrowing; —[ka kaleja/dila/hridaya] stony heart, unfeeling heart; —[ka chati] unmoving heart; unwavering will; —[ki lakira] indelible mark; unfading/invariable truth; —[padana] to be damned, to be ruined/undone; pouring down of hails: —[pade] (an abusive term) be you damned/doomed!; —[para duba jamana] lit. emergence of grass on stony surface—an impossible phenomenon to occur; —[pasijana/pani hona/pighalana] blood out of a stone, pity from the pitiless; a stony heart to be moved; —[mare bhi na marana] to be disgraced and still alive; to live in disgrace; —[sa khimca marana/phemka marana] to say (something) bluntly; to be bluntly frank, to be insultingly curt; —[ho jana] to be petrified, to be devoid of sensation/sensibility; to become insensitive; to become heartless/unfeeling..—patthar (पत्थर) is alternatively transliterated as Patthara.

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