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  2. Quinoa - Wikipedia

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    The genus name Chenopodium is composed of two words coming from the Greek χήν,-νός, goose and πόδῖον, podion "little foot", or "goose foot", because of the resemblance of the leaves with the trace of a goose's foot. [24] The specific epithet quinoa is a borrowing from the Spanish quinua or quinoa, itself derived from Quechua kinuwa.

  3. Bakhar - Wikipedia

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    Bakhar is a form of historical narrative written in Marathi prose. Bakhars are one of the earliest genres of medieval Marathi literature. [1] More than 200 bakhars were written in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, the most important of them chronicling the deeds of the Maratha ruler Shivaji.

  4. List of English words of Indian origin - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This is a list of words in the English language that originated in the languages of ... from Marathi word मुंगूस ...

  5. Varhadi dialect - Wikipedia

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    Exceptionally, Varhadi has a few Sanskrit tatsama words for whom the standard Marathi counterparts are modified words (tadbhava shabda) such as in eastern parts of Vidarbha, snake is called sarpa (सर्प) unlike sāp (साप) of standard Marathi. The forms of Varhadi vary in different parts of Vidarbha and also, as per castes.

  6. Marathi grammar - Wikipedia

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    The grammar of the Marathi language shares similarities with other modern Indo-Aryan languages such as Odia, Gujarati or Punjabi. The first modern book exclusively about the grammar of Marathi was printed in 1805 by Willam Carey. [1] [2] The principal word order in Marathi is SOV (subject–object–verb). [3]

  7. List of Marathi-language authors - Wikipedia

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    This article contains a list of Marathi writers arranged in the English alphabetical order of the writers' last names. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

  8. Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar - Wikipedia

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    The Arabian Nights (loosely following the translation into English by Edward Lane) A compilation of his selected writings has been edited by Buddhisagar . [4] Vishnushastri's Marathi prose style was moulded on the one hand by his knowledge of Sanskrit, and on the other by his extensive reading into the works of Samuel Johnson, Addison and Macaulay.

  9. Balbodh - Wikipedia

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    What sets balabodha apart from the Devanagari script used for other languages is the more frequent and regular use of both ळ /ɭ/ (retroflex lateral approximant) and र्‍ (called the eyelash reph / raphar). [6] Additionally, Balbodh style has ऍ/ॲ and ऑ as adaptations to pronounce [æ] and [ɒ] in English-based words.