Vilayati, Vilāyatī: 3 definitions

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Vilayati means something in Marathi. 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

vilāyatī (विलायती).—a ( A) Relating to a foreign country, esp. to England or Europe. 2 Sharp at acquiring prevalence or influence. The word has the import and force, and occurs in the vulgar applications, of the English words Clever, cunning, knowing, knavish, shrewd &c. 3 vilāyatī, signifying Foreign, is freely applied to exotics of nature and to products of art viewed, not simply as foreign, but as superexcellent, extraordinary, or remarkable; as vi0 ūsa m A kind of sugarcane; vi0 kōmbaḍā m A turkey; also a Guinea-fowl; vi0 gavata n Lucerne or Medicago sativa; vi0 canā m The garden-pea (common green pea); vi0 ciñca f A small-leaved tree, bearing a small fruit; vi0 thuvara f Slipper plant; See thuvara; vi0 dhōtarā m A variety of Thorn-apple. It has thorny leaves, and it bears a yellow flower; vi0 nivaḍuṅga m n The broad-leaved, dark green, unthorny nivaḍuṅga, Euphorbia inermis; vi0 bābhaḷa f The Parkinsonian tree; vi0 mūga f (Commonly bhuīmūga) Ground-nut; vi0 mēndhī f Myrtus communis. Grah.; vi0 vāṅgī f A plant, and vi0 vāṅgēṃ Its fruit, the Tomato. See fully under bēlavāṅgī. vi0 śēra n Slipper-plant. See thuvara. 4 Applied in the sense of Wild, haramscaram, rantipole, mischievous &c. to children.

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

vilāyatī (विलायती).—Relating to a foreign country; esp. England or Europe. Sharp at acquiring prevalence or influence (like the English word clever). App- lied to exotic of nature, both foreign and superexcellent.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vilāyati (ವಿಲಾಯತಿ):—

1) [adjective] situated outside one’s own country; foreign.

2) [adjective] of, from or characteristic of another country; foreign.

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Vilāyati (ವಿಲಾಯತಿ):—[noun] any foreign country.

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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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