नावाजणे

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نواز (nawāz) +‎ -णे (-ṇe). Compare Gujarati નવાજવું (navājvũ), Hindustani نَوَازْنَا (navāznā) / नवाज़ना (navāznā), Punjabi ਨਿਵਾਜਣਾ (nivājṇā) / نِواجݨا (nivājṇā).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

नावाजणे • (nāvājṇe) (transitive)

1. to praise

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “नावाजणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नवाजणें,_नवांजणें”, 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) “नवा(वा)जणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).