Vapha, Vāpha: 3 definitions

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Vapha 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

vāpha (वाफ).—f (bāṣpa S) Vapor or steam. 2 (esp. āgīcī vāpha) Heated air as radiated from a fire. vāpha dēṇēṃ (To apply steam.) To make to steam (by setting on or before the fire).

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vāpha (वाफ).—f (vāpa S) The fit state of the ground for sowing (see vāpasā): also, by meton., the season or fit time for sowing; as mṛgācī -hattīcī -citrācī -kṛttikēcī -rōhiṇīcī vāpha.

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vāpha (वाफ).—n C Grain or money given in remuneration for the use of a bullock &c. upon an agricultural work.

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vāphā (वाफा).—m (vāpa or vapra S) A bed or plat of a garden or plantation. 2 The pit which receives the boiled juice of the sugarcane (for it to harden into mass or ḍhēpa).

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

vāpha (वाफ).—f Vapour or steam. Heated air radiat- ing from a fire. Fit state for sowing.

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vāphā (वाफा) [-pā, -पा].—m A bed of a garden. The pit to receive boiled sugarcane-juice.

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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

Vaphā (वफा):—(nf) fidelity, loyalty; ~[dāra] faithful, loyal; ~[dārī] loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness.

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