પોપચું

Gujarati

Etymology

Turner suggests Proto-Indo-Aryan *poppa (“hollow”), whence Hindi पोपला (poplā, “toothless”).

Noun

પોપચું • (popcũ) n

1. (anatomy) eyelid

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pōppa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press