साधू
Marathi
editEtymology
editपुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): साधू m (sādhū) |
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): साध्वी f (sādhvī) |
Borrowed from Sanskrit साधु (sādhú). Doublet of साव (sāv). Compare Gujarati સાધુ (sādhu), Kannada ಸಾಧು (sādhu), Hindi साधु (sādhu).
Noun
editसाधू • (sādhū) m
References
edit- Berntsen, Maxine, “साधू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “साधु”, 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) “साधु”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).