प्राणवायू

See also: प्राणवायु

Marathi

Etymology

From प्राण (prāṇ) +‎ वायू (vāyū). Compare Gujarati પ્રાણવાયુ (prāṇvāyu), Hindi प्राणवायु (prāṇvāyu), Kannada ಪ್ರಾಣವಾಯು (prāṇavāyu), Telugu ప్రాణవాయువు (prāṇavāyuvu), Malayalam പ്രാണവായു (prāṇavāyu).

Noun

प्राणवायू • (prāṇvāyū) m

1. oxygen

   Synonym: ऑक्सिजन (ŏksijan)

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “प्राणवायु”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “प्राण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).