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मांग māṅg[Prk. मग्गो; S. मागर् ः], s.f. A road, way, path (=māg, or mārg); division; parting of (the hair), the line on the top of the head where the hair is parted; an ornament of pearls or of gold worn on the parting line of the hair:—māṅg bharnā(-se), 'To fill up the māṅg,' to apply vermillion (or red lead, or pearls, etc.) to the parting of the hair; to marry (a woman):—māṅg-bharī, s.f. A woman with redlead on the parting of the hair; a married woman, feme-covert;—a beloved wife;—māṅgpaṭṭī, s.f. The parting of the hair in the middle; dressing the hair;—māṅg-ṭīkā, s.m. An ornament worn along the parting of her hair (by a woman):—māṅg-jalī, s.f. A widow:—māṅg-ćiknī, s.f. A kind of bird:—māṅgćīrnā, or māṅg saṅwārnā, or māṅg nikālnā, To form the parting of the hair, to part the hair in the middle.
Origin: Hindi