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opium meaning in Marathi

अफू aphū

/ˈəʊ.pi.əm/US/ˈoʊ.pi.əm/

opium in Marathi: अफू (aphū). In English, opium means a yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.

Marathi words for opium

opium
अफू aphū

English meaning of opium

  1. noun A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
  2. noun Anything that numbs or stupefies.

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Questions about opium in Marathi

What is the meaning of opium in Marathi?
Opium in Marathi is अफू (aphū).
opium चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
Opium: अफू (aphū).
What does opium mean in English?
Opium means a yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.

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Marathi words from Wiktionary's Marathi entries whose English meaning is “opium”: अफू. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: opium (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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