અઘરણી
Gujarati edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Sanskrit *अग्रजनी (agrajanī). Cognate with Kachchi અઘેણી (agheṇī), અગેણી (ageṇī) and Sinhalese අමදිනි (amadini).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈə.ɡʱəɾ.ɳi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: અ‧ઘર‧ણી
Noun edit
અઘરણી • (agharṇī) f
- a woman's first pregnancy
- the celebration of a woman's first pregnancy
Declension edit
| Declension of અઘરણી | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | અઘરણી (agharṇī) | અઘરણીઓ (agharṇīo) |
| oblique | અઘરણી (agharṇī) | અઘરણીઓ (agharṇīo) |
| vocative | અઘરણી (agharṇī) | અઘરણીઓ (agharṇīo) |
| instrumental | અઘરણી (agharṇī) | અઘરણીઓ (agharṇīo) |
| locative | અઘરણીએ (agharṇīe) | અઘરણીઓએ (agharṇīoe) |
References edit
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agrajanī-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 4