अंतेउरी
Old Gujarati edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀉𑀭𑀺𑀕𑀸 / अंतेउरिगा / ಅಂತೇಉರಿಗಾ (aṃteurigā), 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀉𑀭𑀻 / अंतेउरी / ಅಂತೇಉರೀ (aṃteurī), 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀉𑀭𑀺𑀬 (aṃteuriya) / अंतेउरिय़ा / ಅಂತೇಉರಿಯ಼ಾ (aṃteuriẏā), from Sanskrit अन्तःपुरिक m (antaḥpurika, “harem attendant”), अन्तःपुरिका f (antaḥpurikā, “woman of the harem”).
Noun edit
अंतेउरी • (aṃteurī) f
- harem
- 1422, unknown, कालिकसूरिकथा :
- आपणा उल्लंठ वंठ मोकली बलातकारिइं सुखासणि बइसावी अंतेउरि लेई राषी।
- āpaṇā ullaṃṭha vaṃṭha mokalī balātakāriiṃ sukhāsaṇi baïsāvī aṃteuri leī rāṣī.
- He sent his rough servants; by force they sat her in the palanquin; they took and kept her in the harem.
- आपणा उल्लंठ वंठ मोकली बलातकारिइं सुखासणि बइसावी अंतेउरि लेई राषी।
Further reading edit
- Ernest Bender (1951) Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 343, column 1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “antaḥpurika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 16