पातळ

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi पातळ (pātaḷa). Cognate with Gujarati પાતળું (pātaḷũ), Hindi पतला (patlā), Odia ପାତଳ (patôḷô), Bengali পাতলা (patola), Assamese পাতল (patol). Related to पातळी (pātḷī, “level”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.t̪əɭ̆/

Adjective

पातळ • (pātaḷ)

1. thin
2. dilute
3. scattered, sparse
4. lean, slender

Derived terms

• पातळपणा (pātḷapṇā, “slenderness, thinness”)
• सडपातळ (saḍpātaḷ, “slender”)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पातळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पातळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pattralá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press