निव्वळ

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit णिम्मल (ṇimmala), from Sanskrit निर्मल (nirmala). Doublet of निर्मळ (nirmaḷ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niʋ.ʋəɭ̆/
• Rhymes: -əɭ̆

Adverb

निव्वळ • (nivvaḷ)

1. (focus) purely, solely

   Synonyms: केवळ (kevaḷ), फक्त (phakta)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “निव्वळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 80.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “निवळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 472
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “निवळ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1874.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nirmala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 417
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*nimala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 413