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अवलंबित

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit अवलम्बित (avalambita). By surface analysis, अवलंब (avalamba) +‎ -इत (-it).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ə.ʋə.ləm.bit̪/, [ə.ʋə.ləm.biːt̪]
  • Hyphenation: अ‧व‧लं‧बित
  • Rhymes: -it̪

Adjective

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अवलंबित (avalambit) (indeclinable)

  1. dependent, reliant
    Synonyms: अवलंबून (avlambūn), निर्भर (nirbhar), आश्रित (āśrit)
    लहान मुलं पूर्णपणे पालकांवर अवलंबित असतात.
    lahān mula pūrṇapṇe pālkāuvar avlambit astāt.
    Young children are completely dependent on their parents.
  2. (rare) protected, patronized, cherished
    Synonyms: संरक्षित (saurakṣit), रक्षित (rakṣit)
  3. (archaic) hanging, dangling

Derived terms

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References

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  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “अवलंबित”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “अवलंबित”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press