भणभणणे

Marathi

Etymology

Ultimately from a reduplication of Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀡 (*bhaṇa). Cognate with Hindustani بَھنْبَھنَانَا (bhanbhanānā) / भनभनाना (bhanbhanānā), Malvi भणभणानो (bhaṇbhaṇāno), Nepali भनभनाइनु (bhanabhanāinu), Maithili भनभनाएब (bhanabhᵊnāēb) / 𑒦𑒢𑒦𑒢𑒰𑒋𑒥 (bhanabhanāēba), Bengali ভনভনানো (bhonbhnanō).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /bʱəɳ.bʱəɳ.ɳe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /bʱəɳ.bʱəɳ.ɳə/
• Hyphenation: भण‧भण‧णे

Verb

भणभणणे • (bhaṇbhaṇṇe) (intransitive)

1. to buzz, hum

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “भणभणणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 107.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “भणभणणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 601
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “भणभण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2333.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bhan²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 534