કહેવત
Gujarati
editEtymology
editInherited from Sanskrit *कथावार्त्ता (kathāvārttā), from कथा (kathā) + वार्त्ता (vārttā). The phoneme /ɛ/ originating from કહેવું (kahevũ), which derives from the same root as कथा (kathā), कथ् (kath). Cognate with Hindustani کَہاوَت / कहावत (kahāvat) and Marwari कैवत (kaivat).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ̤ʋət̪/
- Hyphenation: ક‧હે‧વત
- Rhymes: -ət̪
Noun
editકહેવત • (kahevat) f
Further reading
edit- “કહેવત”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- “કહેવત”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kathāvārttā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 135