ખેંખડો

Gujarati

ખેંખડો

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (kakkaḍa), from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa, “crab”), with the word structure and semantic domain suggested borrowing from a substrate language; compare Santali ᱠᱟᱴᱠᱚᱢ (kaṭkôm, “crab”), a Munda language. Cognate with Assamese কেঁকোৰা (kẽküra), Bengali কাঁকড়া (kãkoṛa), Hindi केकड़ा (kekṛā), Kamta কাঁকৰা (kãkora), Marathi खेकडा (khekḍā), and Odia କାଂକଡ଼ା (kāṅkaṛā), କାକାଡ଼ା (kākāṛā),

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰeːŋ.kɽo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: ખેં‧ખડો

Noun

ખેંખડો • (kheṅkhḍo) m

1. crab

   Synonym: કરચલો (karaclo)

Declension

Declension of ખેંખડો
	Singular	Plural
nominative	ખેંખડો (kheṅkhḍo)	ખેંખડા (kheṅkhḍā), ખેંખડાઓ (kheṅkhḍāo)
oblique	ખેંખડા (kheṅkhḍā)	ખેંખડાઓ (kheṅkhḍāo)
vocative	ખેંખડા (kheṅkhḍā)	ખેંખડાઓ (kheṅkhḍāo)
instrumental	ખેંખડે (kheṅkhḍe)	ખેંખડાએ (kheṅkhḍāe)
locative	ખેંખડે (kheṅkhḍe)	ખેંખડે (kheṅkhḍe)

Further reading

• “ખેંખડો”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.