भें

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Marathi

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Alternative forms

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  • भे (bhe)rare or obsolete

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Marathi भयें (bhayeṃ), from Prakrit 𑀪𑀬 (bhaya), from Sanskrit भय (bhayá). Mostly superseded by the doublet भय (bhay).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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भें (bhẽn (Thanjavur)

  1. fear, dread
  2. ground for fear; danger, risk, hazard, jeopardy

Further reading

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  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “भें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “भें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhẽ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 534