Marathi

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit शोभते (śóbhate). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘫𑘻𑘥𑘜𑘹 (śobhaṇe). Compare Gujarati શોભવું (śobhvũ), Hindi शोभना (śobhnā), Sindhi سوڀَڻُ / सोभणु, Punjabi ਸੋਭਣਾ (sobhṇā) / سوبھݨا (sobhṇā).

Pronunciation

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  • (formal) IPA(key): /ɕobʱ.ɳe/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɕobʱ.ɳə/

Verb

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शोभणे (śobhṇe) (intransitive)

  1. to become fitting, be fitting, befit, behove

Further reading

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

Old Marathi

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Verb

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शोभणे (śobhaṇe) (intransitive)

  1. Devanagari script form of 𑘫𑘻𑘥𑘜𑘹