परवा
Hindi edit
Noun edit
परवा • (parvā) f (Urdu spelling پروا)
References edit
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “परवा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “परवा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit परश्वः (paraśvaḥ). Cognate with Hindi परसों (parsõ).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
परवा • (parvā)
- day after tomorrow
- परवा दूधवाला दूध आणणार नाही.
- parvā dūdhvālā dūdh nāhī āṇṇār.
- The day after tomorrow the milkman won't bring milk.
- day before yesterday
- (figuratively) in a few days
- (figuratively) a few days ago, the other day
See also edit
| Dates relative to today in Marathi (layout · text) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| –3 | –2 | –1 | 0 | +1 | +2 | +3 | |
| direct speech | three days ago | two days ago | yesterday | today | tomorrow | in two days | in three days |
| तेरवा (tervā) | परवा (parvā) | काल (kāl) | आज (āj̈) | उद्या (udyā) | परवा (parvā) | तेरवा (tervā) | |
| reported speech | three days before, three days earlier | two days before, two days earlier | the day before | on that day | the next day | two days later | three days later |
| [Term?] | [Term?] | [Term?] | [Term?] | [Term?] | [Term?] | [Term?] | |
References edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “परवा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “परवां”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paraśvas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press