Saphai, Saphaī, Saphāi: 3 definitions

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Saphai means something in Marathi, Hindi. 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

saphaī (सफई).—f & ad Preferably saphāī.

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saphāī (सफाई).—f ( H from A) Polish or gloss; the brightness and smoothness produced by rubbing, planing &c. 2 fig. Clearness, neatness, elegance, free and flowing quality (of speech, composition &c.) 3 Smartness and skilfulness of action generally. 4 Reconciliation, appeased and smoothed state (i. e. removal of the hitch or roughness): clearance of accounts with: goodness or smoothness of terms with &c. 5 Used as ad Altogether, utterly, clean, clear, quite; bearing the force of such words as Outright, downright, flat, dead, smack and smooth. The connection of saphāī as adverb is mainly with verbs of loss, destruction, or damage; as sa0 buḍālōṃ; sa0 nāśa jhālā; sa0 ghara luṭalēṃ; sa0 gāṃva jaḷalā; sa0 vastrēṃ pātrēṃ nēlīṃ &c.; but it further occurs in many of the applications of the adverb sāpha q. v.

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

saphāī (सफाई).—f Polish. Fig. Clearness, elegance, free and flowing quality (of speech, composition &c.) Reconciliation, ap- peased and smoothed state, i. e. removal of the hitch or roughness. Ex. dilasaphāī. ad Altogether, utterly, quite; as स?B buḍālōṃ.

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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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Saphāī (सफाई):—(nf) cleanliness; purity; conservancy; defence (in a law suit); clarification; —[pakṣa] the defence (side); —[denā] to justify; to clarify; —[se] with exquisiteness; in a clean manner, cleanly; in a forthright manner.

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