Marathi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Marathi पातळ (pātaḷa). Cognate with Gujarati પાતળું (pātaḷũ), Hindi पतला (patlā), Odia ପାତଳ (pātaḷa), Bengali পাতলা (patola), Assamese পাতল (patol). Related to पातळी (pātḷī, level).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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पातळ (pātaḷ)

  1. thin
  2. dilute
  3. scattered, sparse
  4. lean, slender

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References

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  • Berntsen, Maxine, “पातळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पातळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pattralá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press