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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

phāvaḍī (फावडी).—f ( H) A hoe or scraper (usually wooden) for removing dung &c. 2 A curved staff used by the jōgī, phakīra &c. See under phāvaḍēṃ Sig. II. 3 A wooden hoe-form instrument for skimming off the molasses or for drawing sugarcanejuice from the boiler into its receptacle. 4 (Commonly phāvaḍēṃ) An iron hoe or scraper. 5 A piece of wood with a support at each end, held in both hands and laid horizontally in performing the exercise daṇḍa. 6 A large or long-poled wooden hoe; to draw earth over a field, thrashed grain along the thrashing floor &c. 7 A common term for the two poles affording lateral support to the dāṇḍī (of a nāṅgara, kuḷava, kōḷapēṃ, plough, harrow, cart &c.) 8 Low. A disastrous or distressful condition, a pickle, plight, mess, trim.

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

phāvaḍī (फावडी).—f-ḍēṃ n A hoe or scraper for removing dung &c. A curved staff used by the jōgī, phakīra &c. phā?B ghālaṇēṃ (kāmānta or bōlaṇyānta) To divert or cause to digress in one's business or course or speech. phā?B lāvaṇēṃ or phāvaḍyāvara paikā ōḍhaṇēṃ To roll in wealth; to bring in money by shovelsful.

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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

Phāvaḍī (फावडी):—(nf) a badger, small [phāvaḍā] (see).

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Full-text: Pavadi, Petarem.

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