𑘡𑘹𑘮𑘨𑘲

Old Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناهاری (nāhārī), نهاری (nahārī, “breakfast”) (see ناهار (nāhār)).

Noun

𑘡𑘹𑘮𑘨𑘲 (neharī) f (Devanagari नेहरी)

1. breakfast, snack
   • c. 1273 – 1338, Cokhā Meḷā, Supplement to the abhaṅgas of Cokhā Meḷā 109:

     𑘧𑘹𑘪𑘻𑘡𑘲 𑘤𑘺𑘭𑘩𑘹 𑘢𑘰𑘨𑘰𑘪𑘨𑘲𑙁 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘹𑙁
     𑘟𑘹𑘃 𑘎𑘰𑘽𑘮𑘲 𑘡𑘹𑘮𑘨𑘲𑙂

     yevonī baisale pārāvarī. mhaṇe.
     deī kāṃhī neharī.

Descendants

• Marathi: nyāhārī

  Devanagari script: न्याहारी

  Modi script: 𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘨𑘲

• Varhadi: nyāyrī

  Devanagari script: न्यायरी

  Modi script: 𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘧𑘨𑘲

Further reading

• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “नेहरी”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 396.