Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian وغیره (wa-ğayra), from Arabic وَ غَيْرُ هُ (wa ḡayru hu, literally and its other). Compare Hindi वग़ैरह (vaġairah).

Adverb

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वगैरे (vagaire)

  1. et cetera, and so forth
    Synonyms: इत्यादी (ityādī), इत्यादिक (ityādik), अस्मादिक (asmādik)

References

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  • Berntsen, Maxine, “वगैरे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वगैरे”, 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) “वगैरे”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).