फार

Bhojpuri

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Sanskrit फाल (phāla)

Prakrit 𑀨𑀸𑀮 (phāla)

Bhojpuri फार (phār)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀨𑀸𑀮 (phāla), from Sanskrit फाल (phāla, “ploughshare”).

फार (phār) m (Kaithi 𑂤𑂰𑂩)^[1]^[2]

^ Arjun Tiwari (2019) “फार”, in भोजपुरी-हिंदी शब्दकोश [Bhojpuri-Hindi Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Hindi), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: University Publications, page 309
^ Grierson, George A[braham] (1885) Bihār Peasant Life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province‎^[2], Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Press, page 2

फार • (phār)

very
तो फार चांगला माणूस आहे.
to phār cāṅglā māṇūs āhe.
He is a very good person.
much
Synonym: खूप (khūp) (From Persian)

तुझ्या सहाय्याची फार आवश्यकता होती.
tujhyā sahāyyācī phār āvashyakatā hotī.
Your help was much needed.
exceedingly
ती बाई फार बोलते.
tī bāī phār bolte.
That woman talks excessively.

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “फार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “फार”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “फार”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sphārá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press