पपोरना

Hindi

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Vagish Shastri derives the word from Sanskrit पल्पूल (palpūla), related to the root प्लु (plu, to float, swim; to hop, leap, jump). Cognate with Bundeli पपोरबौ (paporbau). Related to परोरना (parornā, to consecrate, to incantate, to breathe a spell).[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “See this.”)

Verb

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पपोरना (papornā) (transitive)[2]

  1. To make a muscle, to flex one's arm muscles proudly.
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Etymology 2

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पपोरना (papornā) (intransitive)

  1. (regional) Alternative form of पपोलना (papolnā).
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References

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  1. ^ Dr. Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi ‘Vagish Shastri’ (1965) “‘परोरबौ’ क्रिया के विकास का इतिहास”, in बुन्देलखण्ड की प्राचीनता (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Vidvad-Gosthi, page 95
  2. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पपोरना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha