धुंद
See also: धंदा
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit *धूमान्ध (dhūmāndha), from धूम (dhūmá, “smoke, haze”) + अन्ध (andhá, “blind”) (compare धूमाक्ष (dhūmākṣá)).[1] Compare Gujarati ધૂંધ (dhū̃dh), ધૂંધળું (dhū̃dhaḷũ), Hindustani دُھنْدْھ (dhundh) / धुंध (dhundh), Sindhi ڌُنڌُ / धुंधु, ڌُنڌارو / धुंधारो, Punjabi ਧੁੰਧ (dhundh) / دھُندھ (dhundh), ਧੁੰਦ (dhund) / دھُند (dhund).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
धुंद • (dhunda)
Derived terms edit
- धुंदी (dhundī, “intoxication”)
References edit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dhūmāndha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “धुंद”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “धुंद”, 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) “धुंद”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).