Alternative spellings of this word include Baval.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bāvalā (बावला).—See bāhulā &c.

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bāvaḷā (बावळा).—m (Better bāvhaḷā) The region of the shoulder-joint.

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bāvaḷā (बावळा).—a ( H) Silly, idiotic, distraught, crackbrained. Pr. bāvaḷī mudrā dēvaḷīṃ nidrā He looks a fool, but he is a sharp one. (He contrives to sleep in the temple.)

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bāvaḷā (बावळा).—a Silly. m The region of the shoulder-joint. bāvaḷī mudrā dēvaḷīṃ nidrā He looks a fool but he is a sharp one (He contrives to sleep in a temple).

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Bavāla (बवाल) [Also spelled baval]:—(nm) see [vabāla; —e-jāna] see [vabāla; —khaḍā karanā] to cause an affliction/a disastrous situation, to create a grave difficulty; —[pālanā] to own up an affliction/a difficulty.

2) Bāvalā (बावला) [Also spelled bavla]:—(a) mad, crazy; insane; ~[pana] madness, craziness; insanity.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Cembavala, Codabavala, Cojabavala, Cutabavala, Ikundumbavala, Kembavala.

Full-text: Bavla, Baval, Dhira, Garaja, Sira, Shir.

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