लहान

Marathi

Etymology

From Old Marathi लहाणा (lahāṇā), लहाना (lahānā) , लहानाल (lahānāla), लान (lāna), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀮𑀡𑁆𑀳 (laṇha), from Sanskrit श्लक्ष्ण (ślakṣṇa), from Proto-Indo-European *slǵ-s-nós. Cognate with Konkani लान (lān), Hindi नन्हा (nanhā), Gujarati નાનું (nānũ).

Adjective

लहान • (lahān)

  1. small
  2. short

References

  • James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “लहान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule and Anne Feldhau (1999), “लहान”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ślakṣṇá (12732)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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