Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Marathi verb set
पिळणे (piḷṇe)
पिळवणे (piḷavṇe)

Inherited from Old Marathi पिळणें (piḷaṇeṃ), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀧𑀻𑀟𑀇 (pīḍaï), 𑀧𑀻𑀮𑀇 (pīlaï), from Sanskrit पीडयति (pīḍayati). Cognate with Konkani पिळ्चे (piḷce).

Pronunciation edit

  • (formal) IPA(key): /pi.ɭ̆ɳe/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /pi.ɭ̆ɳə/

Verb edit

पिळणे (piḷṇe)

  1. to twist, wring, squeeze, press
  2. (figuratively) to extort

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “पिळणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पिळणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पिळणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pīḍáyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press