Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Traditionally considered a borrowing from Munda; compare Mundari कदळ (kadaḷ), Santali ᱠᱚᱮᱨᱚ (kôerô), Koda [script needed] (kɛɾa), Korku [script needed] (keɽe), Sora [script needed] (kintēn-ən). However, Hoogervorst suggests that the Munda languages borrowed from Indo-Aryan rather than the other way around, and that Indo-Aryan ultimately borrowed this term from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀutay, the latter which has yielded descendants in various languages of South and Southeast Asia. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁luəjʔ, whence Semai telèy, and Proto-Tai *kluəjꟲ, whence Thai กล้วย (glûai).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

कदली (kadalī) stemf

  1. banana
    Synonyms: मोच (moca), वारबुषा (vārabuṣā)

Declension edit

Feminine ī-stem declension of कदली (kadalī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कदली
kadalī
कदल्यौ / कदली¹
kadalyau / kadalī¹
कदल्यः / कदलीः¹
kadalyaḥ / kadalīḥ¹
Vocative कदलि
kadali
कदल्यौ / कदली¹
kadalyau / kadalī¹
कदल्यः / कदलीः¹
kadalyaḥ / kadalīḥ¹
Accusative कदलीम्
kadalīm
कदल्यौ / कदली¹
kadalyau / kadalī¹
कदलीः
kadalīḥ
Instrumental कदल्या
kadalyā
कदलीभ्याम्
kadalībhyām
कदलीभिः
kadalībhiḥ
Dative कदल्यै
kadalyai
कदलीभ्याम्
kadalībhyām
कदलीभ्यः
kadalībhyaḥ
Ablative कदल्याः / कदल्यै²
kadalyāḥ / kadalyai²
कदलीभ्याम्
kadalībhyām
कदलीभ्यः
kadalībhyaḥ
Genitive कदल्याः / कदल्यै²
kadalyāḥ / kadalyai²
कदल्योः
kadalyoḥ
कदलीनाम्
kadalīnām
Locative कदल्याम्
kadalyām
कदल्योः
kadalyoḥ
कदलीषु
kadalīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कदली”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 248/1.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kadala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 136
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “kadala- - kanthā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 54
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) “kadaryah -- kadha-”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 150
  • Hoogervorst, Tom (2012) “Southeast Asia in the ancient Indian Ocean World Combining historical linguistic and archaeological approaches”, in Oxford University Research Archive[2], Linacre College, archived from the original on 2021-11-13, page 150