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
Noun edit
किनारा • (kinārā) m (Urdu spelling کِنارَہ)
- coast, shoreline (of the ocean), rim (of a lake)
- Synonym: तट (taṭ)
- bank (of a river)
- Synonym: छोर (chor)
- side, edge, limit, fringe
Declension edit
Declension of किनारा (masc ā-stem)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “किनारा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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 • (kinārā) m
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).