थिजणे

Marathi

Etymology

Compare Old Marathi 𑘞𑘲𑘕𑘩𑘹𑘢𑘜 (thījalepaṇa, “thickening”), 𑘌𑘞𑘲𑘕𑘜𑘹 (othījaṇe), 𑘪𑘻𑘞𑘲𑘕𑘜𑘹 (vothījaṇe, “to melt; to liquefy”), Gujarati થીજવું (thījvũ).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /t̪ʰid͡z.ɳe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /t̪ʰid͡z.ɳə/

Verb

थिजणे • (thijṇe) (intransitive)

1. to congeal
2. to be rooted to the spot, motionless, frozen (due to astonishment, admiration, attentiveness, bewilderment or fear)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “थिजणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “थिजणें”, 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) “थिजणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*stīyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press