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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vartti (वर्त्ति) [or वर्त्ती, varttī].—f S The wick of a lamp. 2 A bougie. 3 A roll of lint for dilating sinuses &c., a tent.

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varttī (वर्त्ती).—a S Abiding, staying, existing or being at, in, on. In comp. as tadvarttī, ētadvarttī, agravartī, purōvarttī, madhyavarttī.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vartti (वर्त्ति).—f. (-rttiḥ-rttī) 1. Perfume for the person. 2. The wick of a lamp. 3. A lamp. 4. A tent, a bougie. 5. A collyrium prepared from various substances and dried in a lozenge form; it is applied grinding with water or milk. 6. A line, a ruled line. 7. The ends of a cloth. 8. The projecting threads of woven cloth. 9. A protuberance round a vessel. 10. A surgical instrument. E. vṛt to be, Unadi aff. in, ṅīp optionally added.

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

Vartti (वर्त्ति):—(rttiḥ) 2. f. Perfume for the person; a wick; a lamp; a tent; a line; collyrium; ends of cloth.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Varttī (वर्त्ती) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vaṭṭī.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vartti (வர்த்தி) [varttittal] 11 intransitive verb < vṛt.

1. To be; to exist; to subsist; உளதாதல். [ulathathal.]

2. To happen, take place, occur, come to pass; சம்ப வித்தல். [samba vithal.]

3. To dwell, remain, stay, abide; தங்குதல். ஓர்தேசத்து வர்த்தித்தல் [thanguthal. orthesathu varthithal] (மணிமேகலை [manimegalai] 29, 257).

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Vartti (வர்த்தி) [varttittal] 11 intransitive verb < vṛdh. To increase, grow abundantly, thrive; பெருகுதல். [peruguthal.]

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Vartti (வர்த்தி) noun < vartī. See வத்தி. [vathi.]

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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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Starts with (+14): Varttibhavati, Varttika, Varttikabharana, Varttikagopala, Varttikahya, Varttikakara, Varttikakashika, Varttikakrit, Varttikan, Varttikapatha, Varttikarnavabhashya, Varttikasara, Varttikasarasamgraha, Varttikasaravyakhya, Varttikasiddhanta, Varttikasutra, Varttikasutrika, Varttikatatparyaparishuddhi, Varttikatatparyashuddhi, Varttikatatparyatika.

Ends with (+17): Agravartti, Ajagaravritti, Anavartti, Antarvartti, Anuvartti, Anyayavartti, Atontaiccakkaravartti, Avartti, Bahirvartti, Caiva-kalalayacakkaravartti, Caivacakkaravartti, Cakravartin, Camavartti, Carkkaraivartti, Catavartti, Cirovartti, Cittanivartti, Kaittivartti, Madhyavartti, Manovartti.

Full-text: Varttireku, Vatti, Vattibhavati, Varttippu, Samvartti, Tivartti, Carvapauman, Anavartti, Carkkaraivartti, Pakalvartti, Vacanda, Manovartti, Varttibhavati, Khadyaka, Vrit, Varatra, Vata.

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