ओंजळ

Marathi

Etymology

Compare Old Marathi 𑘀𑘽𑘕𑘳𑘯 (aṃjuḷa), 𑘀𑘽𑘕𑘳𑘯𑘲 (aṃjuḷī), 𑘁𑘽𑘕𑘳𑘯𑘲 (āṃjuḷī), 𑘁𑘽𑘕𑘻𑘯𑘲 (āṃjoḷī), Prakrit अंजलि / 𑀅𑀁𑀚𑀮𑀺 / ಅಂಜಲಿ (aṃjali), Sanskrit अञ्जलि (añjalí), Punjabi ਅੰਜਲੀ (añjalī) / انجلی, Nepali अँजुली (ãjulī), Odia ଆଞ୍ଜୁଳା (añjuḷa), Assamese আঁজলি (ãzoli), Bengali আঁজলা (ãjola), Sinhalese ඇදිලිය (ædiliya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /on.d͡zəɭ̆/
• Hyphenation: ओं‧ज़ळ
• Rhymes: -əɭ̆

Noun

ओंज़ळ • (onj̈aḷ) f

1. the cupped palms of both hands

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “ओंजळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 18.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “ओंझळ,_ओंजळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 118
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “ओंझळ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 479.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*upāñjali”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press