Potagadi, Pōṭagaḍī, Poṭagaḍī: 1 definition

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Potagadi 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

pōṭagaḍī (पोटगडी).—m (A term at games with sōkaṭyā) An under-player; a person subordinate and assistant to the player: also a person imagined to supply the place of a person wanting, a dummy. Hence applied elsewhere in the sense of Assistant or mate or helper out; and, also, of a person viewed as included, or as serving to fill or make up.

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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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