विद्यापीठ

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विद्यापीठ (vidyāpīṭha), from विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge”) +‎ पीठ (pīṭha, “seat”).

Noun

विद्यापीठ • (vidyāpīṭh) n

1. university

   Synonym: युनिव्हर्सिटी (yunivharsiṭī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “विद्यापीठ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “विद्यापीठ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press