बाराखडी

Marathi

बाराखडी

Etymology

From बारा (bārā, “twelve”) +‎ अक्षर (akṣar, “letter”) +‎ -ई (-ī). Cognate to Gujarati બારાખડી (bārākhḍī), Hindi बारहखड़ी (bārhakhṛī).

Noun

बाराखडी • (bārākhaḍī) f

1. a table or ordering of the combinations of all consonants and vowels in alphabetical order

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “बाराखडी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बारसकडी”, 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) “बारा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).