धगधगणे

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀥𑀕𑀥𑀕𑀇 (dhagadhagaï). Compare Gujarati ધગધગવું (dhagdhagvũ), Hindustani دَھکْدَھکانا (dhakdhakānā) / धकधकाना (dhakadhkānā), دَھدَھکْنا (dhadhaknā) / धधकना (dhadhaknā), Marwari धगधगणौ (dhagdhagṇau).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

धगधगणे • (dhagdhagṇe) (intransitive)

1. to burn brightly

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “धगधगणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 72.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “धगधगणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 430
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “धगधगणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1709.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dhagg”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 383