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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अतिशय (atiśaya).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.t̪ɪ.ʃəj/,
Adjective
अतिशय • (atiśay)
- excessive
- Synonyms: अत्यंत (atyant), बहुत (bahut)
Derived terms
References
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अतिशय (atiśaya).
Pronunciation
Adjective
अतिशय • (atiśay) (indeclinable)
- very, much
- Synonyms: फार (phār), खूप (khūp)
Adverb
अतिशय • (atiśay)
- extremely, excessively
- Synonym: अत्यंत (atyanta)
Noun
अतिशय • (atiśay) m
- superabundance, exuberance
- excess (of any action, opportunity etc.)
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अतिशय”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “अतिशय”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).