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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

jhañjhāvāta (झंझावात) [or झंझावायु, jhañjhāvāyu].—m (S) also jhañjhāmāruta & jhañjhāpavana m (S) A violent gust with rain, a storm: also a hurricane, or a squall, or a strong blast gen. Ex. kiṃ suṭatāṃ jhañjhāmāruta || dhuḷīnēṃ tṛṇa bahuta uḍata ||.

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

jhañjhāvāta (झंझावात) [or jhañjhāvāyu, or झंझावायु].—

context information

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jhañjhāvāta (झञ्झावात).—wind with rain, a storm, squall, stormy gale; झञ्झावातः सवृष्टिकः (jhañjhāvātaḥ savṛṣṭikaḥ) Ak.; हिमाम्बुझञ्झानिलविह्वलस्य (himāmbujhañjhānilavihvalasya) (padmasya) Bv.2.169; Amaruśataka 48; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.17.

Derivable forms: jhañjhāvātaḥ (झञ्झावातः).

Jhañjhāvāta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jhañjhā and vāta (वात). See also (synonyms): jhañjhānila, jhañjhāmarut.

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

Jhañjhāvāta (झञ्झावात).—m.

(-taḥ) Wind with rain, a storm, a squall. E. jhañjhā heavy rain, and vāta wind.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jhañjhāvāta (झञ्झावात):—[=jhañjhā-vāta] [from jhañjhā > jhaṅ] m. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Jhañjhāvāta (झञ्झावात):—[jhañjhā-vāta] (taḥ) 1. m. Idem.

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Jhaṃjhāvāta (ಝಂಝಾವಾತ):—[noun] = ಝಂಝಾನಿಲ [jhamjhanila].

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Jhanjha, Vata.

Full-text: Junjha-Vata-Vayu-Maruta-Pavana, Cancavatam, Jhanjhamarut, Pha, Jhanjhanila, Jhinjyavata, Jha, Him.

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