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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pēlāva (पेलाव) [or पेल, pēla].—m (pēlaṇēṃ) Lifting and weighing (as of a load to be carried); balancing of the body (as in contemplating a leap); in order to adjust the effort to the work. 2 A determined and collected effort.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pelava (पेलव).—a.

1) Delicate, fine, soft, tender; धनुषः पेलवपुष्पपत्रिणः (dhanuṣaḥ pelavapuṣpapatriṇaḥ) Kumārasambhava 4.29;5.4;7.65.

2) Lean, thin, slender; कथमातपे गमिष्यसि परिबाधापेलवैरङ्गैः (kathamātape gamiṣyasi paribādhāpelavairaṅgaiḥ) Ś.3.21.

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

Pelava (पेलव).—mfn.

(-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) 1. Delicate, fine. 2. Thin, slim, slender. 3. Soft. E. pela, vā to get, aff. ḍa .

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

Pelava (पेलव).—adj., f. vā. 1. Delicate, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 70 (too delicate). 2. Thin, slender. 3. Soft, tender, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 21, 97.

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

Pelava (पेलव).—[adjective] tender, delicate.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pelava (पेलव):—[from pel] mf(ā)n. delicate, fine, soft, tender, [Kālidāsa; Kathāsaritsāgara] (ifc. ‘delicate like’ or ‘too d° for’)

2) [v.s. ...] thin, slim, slender, [Śiśupāla-vadha; Suśruta] (opp. to bahala).

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

Pelava (पेलव):—[(vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) a.] Delicate; thin; soft.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pelava (पेलव) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pelava.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pelava in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pelava (पेलव):—(a) soft, delicate; hence ~[tā] (nf).

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Pelava (पेलव) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Pelava.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Peḷava (ಪೆಳವ):—

1) [noun] a man having an injured leg or foot that makes him limp; a lame man.

2) [noun] (myth.) Aruṇa, the driver of the Sun God's chariot.

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Peḻava (ಪೆೞವ):—[noun] = ಪೆಳವ [pelava].

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Pēlava (ಪೇಲವ):—

1) [adjective] slim; thin.

2) [adjective] tender; soft.

3) [adjective] 'lacking intensity or brilliance: faint; dim.'4) [adjective] feeble; weak.

5) [adjective] being in the very early stage of life; young.

6) [adjective] thinly spread or distributed; not dense or crowded.

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Pēlava (ಪೇಲವ):—

1) [noun] that which is small and thin.

2) [noun] the quality or fact of being thinly spread or distributed; sparseness.

3) [noun] (fig.) a weak, vigourless.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Pelavaka, Pelavakshauma, Pelavalisu, Pelavam, Pelavana, Pelavantam, Pelavantancey, Pelavantappunarcci, Pelavapushpapattrin, Pelavate.

Ends with: Kakapelava, Mrinalikapelava, Paripelava.

Full-text: Paripelava, Pelavakshauma, Pelavapushpapattrin, Pelavam, Pushpapattrin, Mrinalikapelava, Paripela, Mrinalaka, Shirisha, Pela, Sah, Virala.

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