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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

phōḍaṇēṃ (फोडणें).—v c (sphōṭana S Active of phuṭaṇēṃ) To break; to part by violence; to shatter, shiver, smash. 2 To break open; to burst by violence; to force a chasm, gap, hole, or opening (into a house, a wall, a box). 3 To break, cleave, rive, split, to dissever by blows. 4 To burst (a boil or tumor). 5 To punch or force out (the eyes). phōḍaṇēṃ is used of birds &c. and thus, apparently in the sense of plucking out, yet the sense, notwithstanding the object of the verb is ḍōḷā, nētra, nayana &c., is To break, burst, or destroy (the vision). 6 To disclose or divulge (a secret). 7 To break (buttermilk) by heating it over the fire. phōḍaṇēṃ is To break or burst open in many applications where suddenness and smartness are implied; and is contrad. from mōḍaṇēṃ & tōḍaṇēṃ which pāṇī phōḍaṇēṃ To let out water.

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

phōḍaṇēṃ (फोडणें).—v t To break. To cleave. To burst. To punch. To disclose or divulge (a secret). To break (buttermilk) by heating it over the fire. ḍōḷē phōḍaṇēṃ To pluck out the eyes. ḍōḷēphōḍa karaṇēṃ To take great pains to read or write. pāṇī phōḍaṇēṃ To let out water.

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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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Ends with: Dhepaphodanem, Gharaphodanem.

Full-text (+20): Batami, Phandi, Khapara, Phali, Payaphodani, Pudi, Potaphodi, Phodani, Dholaki, Ghada, Potaphoda, Puda, Phodimva, Phanta, Urasphoda, Bokephoda, Thobada, Dholakem, Gonda, Gaya.

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