Payamodem, Pāyamōḍēṃ, Pāyamoḍeṃ: 1 definition

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[«previous next»] — Payamodem in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pāyamōḍēṃ (पायमोडें).—n C (pāya & mōḍaṇēṃ. Leg-breaker.) Any dispiriting, disheartening, deterring occurrence (to one embarked upon or meditating some undertaking); a blast to one's hopes and prospects. 2 Applied generally to the crosses, obstructions, and impediments of life. Ex. hēṃ pōra amaḷa cālūṃ lāgalēṃ mhaṇajē khōkalā paḍasēṃ asīṃ anēka pāyamōḍīṃ yētāta. pā0 ghēṇēṃ To draw back fearfully (from an undertaking).

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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.

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