अंगाई

Marathi

Etymology

From अंग (aṅga, “body”) +‎ आई (āī, “mother”)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əŋ.ɡai/, [əŋ.ɡaiː]
  • Hyphenation: अं‧गाई
  • Rhymes: -ai

Noun

अंगाई • (aṅgāī) f[2]

  1. a lullaby
    माझी आजी रोज रात्री झोपण्यापूर्वी मला एक अंगाई ऐकवायची.
    mājhī ājī roj rātrī jhopaṇyāpūrvī malā ek aṅgāī aikvāycī.
    My grandmother used to sing me a lullaby every night before bed.

References

More information
  1. ^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अंगाई”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 513
  2. ^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “अंगाई”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 1
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