प्राणवायू

Marathi

Etymology

From प्राण (prāṇ) +‎ वायू (vāyū). Compare Gujarati પ્રાણવાયુ (prāṇvāyu), Hindi प्राणवायु (prāṇvāyu), Kannada ಪ್ರಾಣವಾಯು (prāṇavāyu), Telugu ప్రాణవాయువు (prāṇavāyuvu), Malayalam പ്രാണവായു (prāṇavāyu).

Noun

प्राणवायू • (prāṇvāyū) m

  1. oxygen
    Synonym: ऑक्सिजन (ŏksijan)

References
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “प्राणवायु”, 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) “प्राण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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