कुंकूं

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Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 n   A powder prepared from turmeric coloured with lemon- juice, &c. it is rubbed by married women on the forehead.
कुंकूं जाणें   To suffer the wane or departure of its gloryused of a business &c.
कुंकूं बळकठ होणें   To have the destiny of an abiding कुंकूं i.e., to be able to preserve one's husband long in life.
कुंकू सरस होणें-करणें   To stand fast in the enjoyment of wife-(unwidowed) honours.