बेसुमार

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بی‌شمار (bē-šumār). By surface analysis, बे- (be-) +‎ सुमार (sumār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.su.maɾ/
• Hyphenation: बे‧सु‧मार
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Adjective

बेसुमार • (besumār) (indeclinable)

1. excessive, incalculable

   Synonyms: अतिशय (atiśay), अपरिमित (aparimit), अमर्याद (amaryād)

Derived terms

• बेसुमारी (besumārī)

 

Further reading

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बेसुमार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 591
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “बे”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2300.

Varhadi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بی‌شمار (bē-šumār). By surface analysis, बे- (be-) +‎ सुमार (sumār).

Adjective

बेसुमार (besumār) (indeclinable)

1. excessive, incalculable

   औंदा जत्रेत बेसुमार मान्सं आलते.

   aundā jatret besumār mānsa ālte.

   An excessive amount of people have come to the fair this year.

Further reading

• विठ्ठल वाघ [Vitthal Wagh], रावसाहेब काळे [Raosaheb Kale] (2021) “बेसुमार”, in वऱ्हाडी शब्दकोश [Varhadi Dictionary] (in Marathi), volume 2, एल्फिन्स्टन तांत्रिक विद्यालय इमारत, ३, महापालिका मार्ग, धोबीतलाव, मुंबई ४०० ००१ [Elphinstone Tantrik Vidyalaya Building, 3, Mahapalika Marg, Dhobi Talao, Mumbai 400 001]: राज्य मराठी विकास संस्था [Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha], →ISBN, page ११०, column 1.