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हळू

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘮𑘯𑘳 (haḷu), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀳𑀮𑀼𑀅 (halua), which is the metathesis of Sanskrit लघु (laghú).[1][2] Cognate with Hindi हरुआ (haruā), Sindhi ھرِڙو / हरिड़ो (hariṛo), Punjabi ਹੌਲਾ (haulā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɦə.ɭ̆u/, [ɦə.ɭ̆uː]

Adjective

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हळू (haḷū)

  1. slow

Adverb

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हळू (haḷū)

  1. slowly
    Synonyms: दमाने (damāne), सावकाश (sāvkāś)
  2. quietly

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Bloch, Jules (1915/1920) La formation de la langue marathe (in French), Paris: Édouard Champion; republished as Dev Raj Chanana, transl., The Formation of the Marathi Language[1], Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1970, page 175
  2. ^ Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 355
  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “हळू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “हळू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “हळु”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “laghú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press