અથાણું

Gujarati

કેરીનું અથાણું ― kerīnũ athāṇũ ― mango pickle

Alternative forms

• આથણું (āthaṇũ)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आस्थापन (āsthāpana, “strengthening remedy”). Cognate with Hindi अथाना (athānā), Kachchi આથાણૂ (āthāṇū), Rajasthani अथांणुं (athā̃ṇũ), and Sindhi آٿاڻو / आथाणो (āthāṇo).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈə.t̪ʰɑ.ɳũ/
• Rhymes: -ɳũ
• Hyphenation: અ‧થા‧ણું

Noun

અથાણું • (athāṇũ) n

1. achar (a spicy and salty pickle of Indian cuisine)

   Synonyms: આચાર (ācār), સંધાણું (sandhāṇũ)

   રોટલી અને અથાણું ખાવાથી સ્વાદિષ્ટ લાગે છે।

   roṭlī ane athāṇũ khāvāthī svādiṣṭ lāge che.

   Eating roti with achar tastes delicious.

Declension

Declension of અથાણું
	Singular	Plural
nominative	અથાણું (athāṇũ)	અથાણાં (athāṇā̃), અથાણાંઓ (athāṇā̃o)
oblique	અથાણા (athāṇā)	અથાણાંઓ (athāṇā̃o)
vocative	અથાણા (athāṇā)	અથાણાંઓ (athāṇā̃o)
instrumental	અથાણે (athāṇe)	અથાણાંએ (athāṇā̃e)
locative	અથાણે (athāṇe)	અથાણે (athāṇe)

Related terms

• આથવું (āthavũ, “to pickle”)

 

Further reading

• “અથાણું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “અથાણું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Belsare, Malhar (1981) “અથાણું”, in ગુજરાતી-અંગ્રેજી ડિકશનરી [Etymological Gujarati-English Dictionary]‎^[1], Asian Educational Services, page 34
• Edalji, Shapurji (1863) “અથાણું”, in A dictionary Gujarati and English‎^[2], Atmaram Sagun, page 23
• Framji, Ardesar (1862) “અથાણું”, in A Compendium of the English and Gujarati Dictionary‎^[3], page 347
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āsthāpana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press