बेसुमार

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بی‌شمار (bē-šumār). By surface analysis, बे- (be-) +‎ सुमार (sumār).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /be.su.maɾ/
  • Hyphenation: बे‧सु‧मार
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Adjective

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बेसुमार (besumār) (indeclinable)

  1. excessive, incalculable
    Synonyms: अतिशय (atiśay), अपरिमित (aparimit), अमर्याद (amaryād)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बेसुमार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 591
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “बे”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2300.

Varhadi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بی‌شمار (bē-šumār). By surface analysis, बे- (be-) +‎ सुमार (sumār).

Adjective

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बेसुमार (besumār) (indeclinable)

  1. excessive, incalculable
    औंदा जत्रेत बेसुमार मान्सं आलते.
    aundā jatret besumār mānsa ālte.
    An excessive amount of people have come to the fair this year.

Further reading

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  • विठ्ठल वाघ [Vitthal Wagh], रावसाहेब काळे [Raosaheb Kale] (2021) “बेसुमार”, in वऱ्हाडी शब्दकोश [Varhadi Dictionary] (in Marathi), volume 2, एल्फिन्स्टन तांत्रिक विद्यालय इमारत, ३, महापालिका मार्ग, धोबीतलाव, मुंबई ४०० ००१ [Elphinstone Tantrik Vidyalaya Building, 3, Mahapalika Marg, Dhobi Talao, Mumbai 400 001]: राज्य मराठी विकास संस्था [Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha], →ISBN, page ११०, column 1.