Purvi, Pūrvī: 11 definitions

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Purvi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil. 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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pūrvī (पूर्वी).—f (pūrva S) A musical mode. 2 The exordium or introductory portion of epistles.

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

pūrvī (पूर्वी).—f A musical mode.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pūrvi (पूर्वि).—m.c. for pūrve, q.v.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pūrvī (पूर्वी).—v. puru.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pūrvī (पूर्वी):—[from pūrviṇa > pūrva] f. See puru.

[Sanskrit to German]

Purvi in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pūrvī (पूर्वी):—(a) eastern; also [pūrvīya; —dvīpasamūha] the islands of the east-Jawa:, Sumatra:, etc.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pūrvi (ಪೂರ್ವಿ):—[noun] (mus.) name of a Karnāṭaka rāga (musical mode) derived from the main mode Māyāmāḷavagauḷa.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pūrvi (பூர்வி) noun (Music) A musical mode; இராகவகை. [iragavagai.]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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