पेहलवान

Marathi

Alternative forms

• पहिलवान (pahilvān)
• पेलवान (pelvān)
• पैलवान (pailvān)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پهلوان (pahlawān). Compare Hindi पहलवान (pahalvān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ɦəl.ʋan/, [pel.ʋan]

Noun

पेहलवान • (pehalvān) m

1. wrestler
   • 2015 January 3, Khaled Hosseini, chapter 32, in A Thousand Splendid Suns‎^[1], Mehta Publishing House:

     “एवढ्या लवकर एवढं फुगलं?” रशीद म्हणाला, “[तारीक] म्हणजे एक छान छान मुलगा असेल. अगदी आपल्या बापासारखा पेहलवान.”

     “evaḍhyā lavkar evḍha phuglam?” raśīd mhaṇālā, “[tārīk] mhaṇje ek chān chān mulgā asel. agdī āpalyā bāpāsārkhā pehalvān.”

     "So much swelling so quickly?" Rasheed said. "[Tariq] will be a good boy. A wrestler just like his father."

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “पहिलवान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पहिलवान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “पहिलवान”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पहिलवान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).