હોડી
Gujarati edit
Etymology edit
From a feminine form of Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀳𑁄𑀟 (*hoḍa), from Sanskrit होड (hoḍa), from a Dravidian language (compare Kannada ಓಡ (ōḍa, “boat”) with voiced retroflex), from Proto-Dravidian *cōṭam (“boat”), from *cōṭ- (“to run”).[1][2] Compare Hindi होड़ी (hoṛī), Marathi होडी (hoḍī), Dhivehi އޮޑި (oḍi).
Noun edit
હોડી • (hoḍī) f
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hōḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 200.