खेंढ़ी

Bhojpuri

Alternative forms

खेढ़ी (khēṛhī)

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Compare Magahi खेंढ़ी (khēṇṛhī), खेहा (khēhā), Maithili खाढ़ी (khāṛhī), and the other cognates mentioned by Grierson.”

Noun

खेंढ़ी (khēṇṛhī) f (Kaithi 𑂎𑂵𑂁𑂜𑂲)^[1]^[2]

notch carved into a tree as a hold for climbing
the notches on the beam of a plough by which the ploughshare is raised or lowered

References

^ Arjun Tiwari (2019) “खेंढ़ी”, in भोजपुरी-हिंदी शब्दकोश [Bhojpuri-Hindi Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Hindi), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: University Publications, page 99
^ Grierson, George A[braham] (1885) Bihār Peasant Life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province‎^[2], Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Press, page 2

[1] Arjun Tiwari (2019) “खेंढ़ी”, in भोजपुरी-हिंदी शब्दकोश [Bhojpuri-Hindi Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Hindi), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: University Publications, page 99

[2] Grierson, George A[braham] (1885) Bihār Peasant Life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province‎^[2], Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Press, page 2

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