पेहलवान

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Marathi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پهلوان (pahlawān). Compare Hindi पहलवान (pahalvān).

Pronunciation

Noun

पेहलवान (pehalvānm

  1. wrestler
    • 2015 January 3, Khaled Hosseini, chapter 32, in A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mehta Publishing House:
      “एवढ्या लवकर एवढं फुगलं?” रशीद म्हणाला, “[तारीक] म्हणजे एक छान छान मुलगा असेल. अगदी आपल्या बापासारखा पेहलवान.”
      “evaḍhyā lavkar evḍha phuglam?” raśīd mhaṇālā, “[tārīk] mhaṇje ek chān chān mulgā asel. agdī āpalyā bāpāsārkhā pehalvān.”
      "So much swelling so quickly?" Rasheed said. " will be a good boy. A wrestler just like his father."

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “पहिलवान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पहिलवान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “पहिलवान”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “पहिलवान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).