English Meaning of tadaka or kha

Meaning of 'tadaka or kha'

m (An imitative and fanciful formation from tada! tada! but very expressive, of unlimited application, and of universal currency.) A sounding blow or stroke. The whack! whack! crack! crack! (of a smart caning or whipping); the pelting or down-dashing (of a heavy shower); the banging, pealing, rattling (of volleys from cannon or muskets); the bustle, briskness, din and clamor (of an extensive business); the vehemence, violence, fury, clash, clatter (of a storm, a battle, a disputation); the force, fierceness, sharpness, rigor, ardor, severity, intenseness, (of cold, heat, rain, wind, a river-fresh or flood--thandica- unhaca-pavasaca-varyanca-nadica-tadakha); the animated course or full flow (of reading, reciting, studying, of singing, playing, sporting--padhanyaca-mhana- nyaca-adhyayanaca-ganyaca-tadakha) &c. &c. It always expresses a progress (whether lit. or fig., whether of bodies or of business) rapid and vigorous, loud-sounding, or of imposing show. See under dhadaka the distinction drawn betwixt this word and that. ekatadakyane At a stretch; at a go or run; by one vigorous and unpausing effort.ṃ

Meaning of तडाका or खा

m (An imitative and fanciful formation from तड! तड! but very expressive, of unlimited application, and of universal currency.) A sounding blow or stroke. The whack! whack! crack! crack! (of a smart caning or whipping); the pelting or down-dashing (of a heavy shower); the banging, pealing, rattling (of volleys from cannon or muskets); the bustle, briskness, din and clamor (of an extensive business); the vehemence, violence, fury, clash, clatter (of a storm, a battle, a disputation); the force, fierceness, sharpness, rigor, ardor, severity, intenseness, (of cold, heat, rain, wind, a river-fresh or flood--थंडीचा- उन्हाचा-पावसाचा-वाऱ्यांचा-नदीचा-तडाखा); the animated course or full flow (of reading, reciting, studying, of singing, playing, sporting--पढण्याचा-म्हण- ण्याचा-अध्ययनाचा-गाण्याचा-तडाखा) &c. &c. It always expresses a progress (whether lit. or fig., whether of bodies or of business) rapid and vigorous, loud-sounding, or of imposing show. See under धडाका the distinction drawn betwixt this word and that. एकातडाक्यानें At a stretch; at a go or run; by one vigorous and unpausing effort.

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