लांबणे

Marathi

Etymology

Marathi verb set
लांबणे (lāmbṇe)
लांबवणे (lāmbavṇe)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘩𑘰𑘽𑘤𑘜𑘹 (lāṃbaṇe), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀮𑀁𑀩𑀇 (laṃbaï), 𑀮𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀇 (laṃbei), from Sanskrit लम्बते (lámbate). Related to लांब (lāmba). Compare Sindhi لَمَڻُ / लमणु, Punjabi ਲਮਕਣਾ (lamkaṇā) / لَمَکݨا (lamakṇā) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-)).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

लांबणे • (lāmbṇe) (intransitive)

1. to be drawn out
2. to prolong

Derived terms

• लांब (lāmba, “away, far, long”)
• लांबी (lāmbī, “length”)

Further reading

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