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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

phēṭa (फेट).—m A skirt. Note. This sense is more frequent in figurative uses; as phēṭa gaḷyānta ghālaṇēṃ (To throw one's skirt over the neck of.) To catch or to hold fast. phēṭa dharaṇēṃ To catch hold of angrily.

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

phēṭa (फेट).—m A skirt. phēṭa gaḷyānta ghālaṇēṃ To catch or to hold fast. phēṭa dharaṇēṃ To catch hold of angrily.

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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

Pheṭā (फेटा):—(nm) see [pheṃṭā].

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Pheṭa (फेट):—n. 1. locality; circumference; 2. encircled or surrounded place;

2) Pheṭā (फेटा):—n. turban; head-cloth;

3) Pheta (फेत):—n. first line of the verse or poem;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Starts with: Phetala.

Full-text: Sampheta, Samdhi-pheta, Feta, Phetala, Phet, Samdhi-feta, Samspheta, Petta.

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