Phunkanem, Phuṅkaṇēṃ, Phuṅkaṇeṃ: 2 definitions
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Phunkanem 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 Dictionaryphuṅkaṇēṃ (फुंकणें).—v c (phu! phu!) To blow, to puff with the mouth. Pr. dudhānēṃ bhājalā tō tāka phuṅkūna pitō. 2 To blow or sound (an instrument of wind-music). 3 To inflame or excite; to blow up (a country, a village). 4 To blow or inflate (the bellows). 5 To dissipate or squander (wealth). 6 To blow or gabble over (a mantra or hocus-pocus). 7 Allusively or revilingly. To perform the burning of a corpse; to execute the obsequies of: also to burn a corpse anyhow, in a slubbering or superficial manner.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishphuṅkaṇēṃ (फुंकणें).—v t To blow, to puff with the mouth. Pr. dudhānēṃ bhājalā tō tāka phuṅkūna pitō Once bit twice shy. To blow (an instrument of wind-music). To in- flame. To inflate (the bellows). To squander (wealth). To gabble over a mantra. To perform the burning of a corpse anyhow.
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: Ukirada-phunkanem.
Full-text: Suntha, Ghagara, Phukasathim, Phunka, Phuka, Phukam, Phukaca, Phunkana, Dhula, Phunkara, Ukirada-phunkanem, Huradaphunkya, Phunkani, Kana, Ukarada, Ganda.
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