Marathi

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Etymology

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Marathi verb set
दबणे (dabṇe)
दाबणे (dābṇe)

Compare Gujarati દાબવું (dābvũ), Hindi दबाना (dabānā), Odia ଦାବିବା (dābibā).

Pronunciation

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  • (formal) IPA(key): /d̪ab.ɳe/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /d̪ab.ɳə/

Verb

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दाबणे (dābṇe) (transitive)

  1. to press, compress, squeeze
    Synonym: पिळणे (piḷṇe)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Berntsen, Maxine, “दाबणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दाबणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dabb”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press