Phasanem, Phasaṇēṃ, Phasaṇeṃ: 2 definitions

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Phasanem means something in Marathi. 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.

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

phasaṇēṃ (फसणें).—v i (phāṃsa) To stick in; to be confined fast in, lit. fig.; to be involved in difficulties or embarrassments; to be entrapped or taken in; to be sunken or lost;--as money with a bad debtor; also to sustain loss;--used of the creditor or of a trader; to stick, i.e. to stand fast without prospering or proper progress;--used of a plot, project, speculation, business.

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phāsaṇēṃ (फासणें) [or फांसणें, phāṃsaṇēṃ].—v c To rub over roughly or carelessly (ashes, unguents &c. over pots, the body &c.) 2 (phāṃsa) To ensnare or entangle, esp. in the figurative sense. 3 fig. Cant or slang. To cheat or trick; to do out of (some money or property); quasi to rase or rub hard.

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phāsaṇēṃ (फासणें) [or फांसणें, phāṃsaṇēṃ].—v c unc To slit (a reed, quill &c.): also to cut with phāsaṇyā or incisions. 2 To cut (with a tool or an instrument).

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

phasaṇēṃ (फसणें).—v i To stick in. To be involved in difficulties. To be taken in. To sustain loss.

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phasaṇēṃ (फसणें) [or phāṃsaṇēṃ, or फांसणें].—v t To rub over roughly. To ensnare or entangle; figurative sense. To cheat. v t To slit. To cut.

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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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