आजोबा
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Marathi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From आजा (āj̈ā, “grandfather”) + -बा (-bā, “honorific suffix”).
Noun[edit]
आजोबा • (āj̈obā) m
- (respectful) grandfather, paternal or maternal
- Synonym: आजा (āj̈ā) (less common)
- (respectful) old man
Synonyms[edit]
- (grandfather): आबा (ābā)
See also[edit]
- आजी (ājī, “grandmother”) f
References[edit]
- James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “आजोबा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
