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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

divākīrtti (दिवाकीर्त्ति).—m S (divā By day, kīrtti Honor or credit.) A barber. Because the barber is not permitted to operate or to be named at night. 2 Any one of a low or impure cast.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Divākīrtti (दिवाकीर्त्ति).—m.

(-rttiḥ) 1. A man of a low or impure caste, a Chandala. 2. A barber. 3. An owl. E. divā by day, and kīrtti credit, (the barber is not allowed to operate at night,) or divā day, akīrtti disrepute; the Chandala and owl coming abroad only in the dark. divā eva kīrttiḥ kṛtyaṃ yasya rātrau kṣurakarmaniṣedhāt nāpite caṇḍāle pecake ca .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Divākīrtti (दिवाकीर्त्ति):—[divā-kīrtti] (rttiḥ) 2. m. A man of low caste; a barber; an owl.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Diva, Kirti, Tiva.

Full-text: Tivakirtti.

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