गोदावरी
Nepali
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editProper noun
editगोदावरी • (godāwarī)
- Godavari (a city in Sudurpashchim, Nepal)
Declension
editDeclension of गोदावरी | |||
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Singular | |||
nominative | गोदावरी [ɡod̪äwʌɾi] | ||
accusative | गोदावरीलाई [ɡod̪äwʌɾiläi] | ||
instrumental/ergative | गोदावरीले [ɡod̪äwʌɾile] | ||
dative | गोदावरीलाई [ɡod̪äwʌɾiläi] | ||
ablative | गोदावरीबाट [ɡod̪äwʌɾibäʈʌ] | ||
genitive | गोदावरीको [ɡod̪äwʌɾiko] | ||
locative | गोदावरीमा [ɡod̪äwʌɾimä] | ||
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Sanskrit
editEtymology
editFrom गो (go, “water”) + द (da, “what gives”). Literally "granting water or kine".
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editगोदावरी • (godāvarī)
Descendants
edit- → Telugu: గోదావరి (gōdāvari)
References
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “गोदावरी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 365.