Alternative spellings of this word include Pech.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pēca (पेच) [or पेंच, pēñca].—m ( P) A twist or circumvolution (as of a turban); a turn (round anything) of a rope or cord; a turn or twist (of anything wrenched or turned round). 2 fig. An artful turn or twist; a feint, wile, trick (among wrestlers): also (in argument, dealing &c.) a trap, snare, sub- tle manœuvre. 3 A trouble, a difficulty, a perplexing affair: also a strait, dilemma, scrape, a perplexing condition. v yē, or pēcānta paḍaṇēṃ-sāmpaḍaṇēṃ & dharaṇēṃ-pāḍaṇēṃ-āṇaṇēṃ. 4 A screw or a single helix.

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

pēca (पेच) [or pēñca, or पेंच].—m A twist. A turn. A trick. A snare. A trouble, a difficulty. The twist of a screw.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Peca (पेच) [Also spelled pech]:—(nm) a screw; complication, intricacy; part of a machine; the entwining of the threads of two flying (paper) kites for a mutual trial of skill; trick; a trick in wrestling, artifice; a kind of ornaments for the head; ~[kaśa/kasa] a screw-driver; cork-screw; ~[dāra] intricate; complex, tricky; twisted; ~[vāna] the long pipe attached to a hubble bubble (for smoking from a distance); —[śro-khama] tricks and twists, intricacies and complexities; —[ḍālanā] to have a bout of (paper) kites; —[paḍanā] a bout of paper kites to take place to get complicated, to become more intricate,

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+11): Pecadara, Pecadu, Pecaka, Pecakali, Pecakam, Pecakasa, Pecaki, Pecakin, Pecal, Pecalam, Pecalatti, Pecamai, Pecan, Pecanem, Pecani, Pecankai, Pecanlatu, Pecapaca, Pecapakshi, Pecapata.

Ends with: Daupeca, Ekalangipeca, Ghocapeca, Goshapeca, Langotapeca, Lecapeca, Marapeca, Pacapeca, Pecca, Shirapeca, Shripeca, Svaripeca, Ziziphus napeca.

Full-text: Pemca, Pecila, Pench, Pecati, Pecapaca, Daav, Pech, Dava, Sara, Shir, Sira.

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Pasuram 4.10.4 < [Section 10 - Tenth Tiruvaymoli (Onrum-tevum, ulakum)]

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