This is the 515th most frequent Marathi word.
अठर
The Marathi word "अठर" means "eighteen" in English.
Here, 'अठराव्या' refers to ordinal number 'eighteenth'.
वयाच्या अठराव्या वर्षी ती स्वतंत्र झाली.
At the age of eighteen, she became independent.
'अठरापगड' is a compound word meaning 'eighteen'-related.
या मुलांचा उल्लेख अठरापगड जातींमध्ये केला जातो.
These children are referred to among the eighteen castes.
'अठरापथ्री' metaphorically indicates a variety or diversity.