पोवाडा

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘢𑘪𑘰𑘚𑘰 (pavāḍā), Prakrit 𑀧𑀯𑀸𑀬 (pavāya), + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit प्रवाद (pravāda). Doublet of प्रवाद (pravād). Cognate with Gujarati પવાડો (pavāḍo), Hindustani پَن٘وَاڑَا (pãvāṛā) / पँवाड़ा (pãvāṛā), پَوَاڑَا (pavāṛā) / पवाड़ा (pavāṛā), Old Punjabi ਪਾਵਾੜਾ (pāvāṛā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.ʋa.ɖa/

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Noun

पोवाडा • (povāḍā) m

1. (poetry, music) ballad recounting heroic deeds

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पोवाडा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 93.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पवाडा, पंवाडा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 496
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “प(पं-पो)वाडा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1955.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pravāda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 494