English Meaning of sirani

Meaning of 'sirani'

f ( P Sweetness or sweetmeat.) Rareness and preciousness; rare delightfulness or good; a rare and precious thing or matter. This explication of the word is little known to the Marathas, but the word is familiar to them, and in such applications as mulila aici si0 jhali; aja dudhaci si0 jhali; sasu gharanta asata ṃsunesa parapurusasi mbolanyaci si0 asati; mothya ghari ṃlenka dyavi bhetayaci si0 karavi; where in their general understanding of it it means An excellent and most desirable thing but of rare obtainment or occurrence or of hard accomplishment.

Meaning of शिराणी

f ( P Sweetness or sweetmeat.) Rareness and preciousness; rare delightfulness or good; a rare and precious thing or matter. This explication of the word is little known to the Maráṭhás, but the word is familiar to them, and in such applications as मुलीला आईची शि0 झाली; आज दुधाची शि0 झाली; सासू घरांत असतां सुनेस परपुरुषाशीं बोलण्याची शि0 असती; मोठ्या घरीं लेंक द्यावी भेटायाची शि0 करावी; where in their general understanding of it it means An excellent and most desirable thing but of rare obtainment or occurrence or of hard accomplishment.

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