गांगरणे

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀁𑀕𑀭𑀻𑀢𑀺 (*gaṃgarīti). Compare Gujarati ગાંગરવું (gā̃garvũ), Marwari गांगीरासौ (gāṅgīrāsau, “unnecessarily long words, same things again and again”).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /ɡaŋ.ɡəɾ.ɳe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡaŋ.ɡəɾ.ɳə/

Verb

गांगरणे • (gāṅgarṇe) (intransitive)

1. to be frightened, bewildered, confounded

   Synonyms: गोंधळणे (gondhaḷṇe), बावचळणे (bāvcaḷṇe), बावरणे (bāvarṇe), भांबावणे (bhāmbāvṇe)

Further reading

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गांगरणें, गांगावणें, गांगारणें, गांगणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 230
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गांगरणें, गांगावणें, गांगारणें, गांगणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 969.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*gaṅgarīti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 211