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Marathi
Etymology
Ultimately from a reduplication of Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀡 (*bhaṇa). Cognate with Hindustani بَھنْبَھنَانَا (bhanbhanānā) / भनभनाना (bhanbhanānā), Malvi भणभणानो (bhaṇbhaṇāno), Nepali भनभनाइनु (bhanabhanāinu), Maithili भनभनाएब (bhanabhᵊnāēb) / 𑒦𑒢𑒦𑒢𑒰𑒋𑒥 (bhanabhanāēba), Bengali ভনভনানো (bhonbhnanō).
Pronunciation
- (formal) IPA(key): /bʱəɳ.bʱəɳ.ɳe/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /bʱəɳ.bʱəɳ.ɳə/
- Hyphenation: भण‧भण‧णे
Verb
भणभणणे • (bhaṇbhaṇṇe) (intransitive)
- to buzz, hum
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “भणभणणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 107
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “भणभणणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 601
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “भणभण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2333.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bhan2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 534