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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vairaṇa (वैरण).—f ī or ē Grass &c. as food for cattle; fodder whether dry or green. 2 The rack or place in a cowpen to confine the fodder, the cratch. 3 n f The grist which is thrown in at one time into a mill: also the quantity of grain which is, at once, thrown into a pan to be parched, fried &c., the feed. 4 f At weddings two ciradyā or garments are given to the bride, one to wear (nēmaṇēṃ), one to throw over the body (pāṅgharaṇēṃ). This latter, although a ciraḍī, is, then and there, called vairaṇa.

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vairāṇa (वैराण) [or वैराळ, vairāḷa].—m A caste or an individual of it. They furnish bracelets &c. The words are found particularly in ballads and love-songs and in the dialect of females.

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vairāṇa (वैराण) [or न, na].—a ( P) Desolate, desert, waste, wild.

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

vairaṇa (वैरण).—f Fodder; the cratch. n f The grist which is thrown in at one time into a mill.

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vairaṇa (वैरण) [-na, -न].—a Desolate, wild. vairaṇī-nī f Desolateness.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Vairanaka, Vairanakiya.

Full-text: Oyamrana, Orana, Vayacanem, Oimrana, Vayalathi, Vayarana, Vayaranem, Vayara, Vayala, Bhakata.

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