किनारा

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian کناره (kināra); see کِنار (kenâr, side; shore) for more on the etymology. Compare Punjabi ਕਿਨਾਰਾ (kinārā) / کِنارہ (kinārh), Gujarati કિનારો (kināro), Marathi किनारा (kinārā), Bengali কিনারা (kinara), Kannada ಕಿನಾರೆ (kināre).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kɪˈn̪a(ː)ɾa(ː)]

Noun edit

किनारा (kinārām (Urdu spelling کِنارَہ)

  1. coast, shoreline (of the ocean), rim (of a lake)
    Synonym: तट (taṭ)
  2. bank (of a river)
    Synonym: छोर (chor)
  3. side, edge, limit, fringe

Declension edit

References edit

Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian کناره (kināra). Compare Gujarati કિનારો (kināro), Hindustani کِنارہ / किनारा (kinārā), Kannada ಕಿನಾರೆ (kināre), Punjabi ਕਿਨਾਰਾ (kinārā) / کِنارہ (kinārh), Bengali কিনারা (kinara).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

किनारा (kinārām

  1. coast, shoreline
    Synonym: तट (taṭ)
  2. bank (of a river)
    Synonym: तीर (tīr)

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “किनारा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “किनारा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “किनारा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).