कड़वा
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Hindi करवा (karavā), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀟𑀼𑀅 (kaḍua), from Sanskrit कटुक (káṭuka, “pungent, bitter”). Cognate to Gujarati કડવું (kaḍvũ), Marathi कडू (kaḍū).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
कड़वा • (kaṛvā) (Urdu spelling کَڑْوَا)
Declension edit
Declension of कड़वा (ā-stem)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Basic tastes in Hindi · स्वाद (svād) (layout · text) | |||||
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मीठा (mīṭhā) | खट्टा (khaṭṭā) | नमकीन (namkīn) | कड़वा (kaṛvā) | तीखा (tīkhā) |
Proper noun edit
कड़वा • (kaṛvā) m
Further reading edit
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “कड़वा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 86.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कड़वा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 758
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कड़वा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 160
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کڙوا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 832
- “कड़वा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “káṭuka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 132