थोबाड
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Marathi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀣𑁄𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*thobba) (compare Old Marathi 𑘞𑘻𑘤𑘚 (thobaḍa, “insipid, tasteless; small”), Sanskrit स्तुव (stuva, “particular part of the head of a horse”)). Compare Hindustani تھوبْڑَا (thobṛā) / थोबड़ा (thobṛā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]थोबाड • (thobāḍ) n
- (derogatory) face
- Synonym: चेहरा (cehrā)
Further reading
[edit]- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “थोबाड”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “थोबाड”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “थोबाड-डी_थोबकाड”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*thōba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press