તવો

Gujarati

તવો

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀯𑀬 (tavaya), from a variant of Sanskrit तापक (tāpaka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tāpakas, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-.

Cognates include Baluchi تہافغ (thafaġ, “oven”), Bengali তই (toi), Hindustani توا / तवा (tavā), Kashmiri तव (taw), Odia ତଇ (tôi), Punjabi توا / Punjabi ਤਵਾ (tavā), Persian تاوه (tâve, “frying pan”), and Sindhi تَئيِ (taī)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ə.ʋɔ/

Noun

તવો • (tavo) m

1. tawa, pan, griddle

   Coordinate term: તવી (tavī)

Declension

Declension of તવો
	Singular	Plural
nominative	તવો (tavo)	તવા (tavā), તવાઓ (tavāo)
oblique	તવા (tavā)	તવાઓ (tavāo)
vocative	તવા (tavā)	તવાઓ (tavāo)
instrumental	તવે (tave)	તવાએ (tavāe)
locative	તવે (tave)	તવે (tave)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tapaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press