बकणे
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Marathi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to बकबक (bakbak) with reduplication (compare Maharastri Prakrit 𑀩𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭 (bakkara)). Cognate with Gujarati બકવું (bakvũ), Hindustani بَکْنَا (baknā) / बकना (baknā), Sindhi بَڪَڻُ / बकणु, Punjabi ਬਕਣਾ (bakṇā) / بَکݨا (bakṇā), Nepali बक्नु (baknu), Maithili बकब (bakab) / 𑒥𑒏𑒥 (bakaba), Odia ବକିବା (bôkiba), Bengali বকা (boka), Assamese বকা (boka).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]बकणे • (bakṇe) (intransitive)
- to chatter senselessly, talk nonsense
- Synonym: बडबडणे (baḍbaḍṇe)
Further reading
[edit]- Berntsen, Maxine, “बकणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बकणें”, 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) “बकणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bakk”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press