फार

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Bhojpuri

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit फाल (phāla)
    Prakrit 𑀨𑀸𑀮 (phāla)
    Bhojpuri फार (phār)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀨𑀸𑀮 (phāla), from Sanskrit फाल (phāla, “ploughshare”).

    Noun

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    फार (phār) m (Kaithi 𑂤𑂰𑂩)[1][2]

    1. ploughshare (blade of the plough)

    References

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    1. ^ Arjun Tiwari (2019) “फार”, in भोजपुरी-हिंदी शब्दकोश [Bhojpuri-Hindi Dictionary]‎[1] (in Hindi), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: University Publications, page 309
    2. ^ Grierson, George A[braham] (1885) Bihār Peasant Life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province‎[2], Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Press, page 2

    Marathi

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Marathi फार (phāra), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀨𑀸𑀭 (phāra), from Sanskrit स्फार (sphārá). Cognate to Gujarati ફાર (phār, “too much”).

    Adverb

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    फार • (phār)

    1. very
      तो फार चांगला माणूस आहे.
      to phār cāṅglā māṇūs āhe.
      He is a very good person.
    2. much
      Synonym: खूप (khūp) (From Persian)
      तुझ्या सहाय्याची फार आवश्यकता होती.
      tujhyā sahāyyācī phār āvashyakatā hotī.
      Your help was much needed.
    3. exceedingly
      ती बाई फार बोलते.
      tī bāī phār bolte.
      That woman talks excessively.

    References

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    • Berntsen, Maxine, “फार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
    • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
    • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “फार”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
    • Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[3]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sphārá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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