પહાડ

Gujarati

પહાડ (pahāḍ, “mountain”)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀸𑀳𑀸𑀟 (*pāhāḍa, “mountain”). Cognate with Bengali পাহাড় (pahaṛ), Hindi पहाड़ (pahāṛ), Nepali पहाड (pahāḍ), Punjabi ਪਹਾੜ (pahāṛ), .

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈpə.ɦɑɖ/
• Rhymes: -ɑɖ

Noun

પહાડ • (pahāḍ) m

1. mountain

   Synonyms: પર્વત (parvat), ગિરિ (giri), કોહ (koh)

2. hill

   Synonyms: ડુંગર (ḍuṅgar), જબલ (jabal), કોહ (koh)

3. (figurative) a large pile, heap

Further reading

• “પહાડ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “પહાડ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Edalji, Shapurji (1863) “પહાડ”, in A dictionary Gujarati and English‎^[1], Atmaram Sagun, page 492
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pāhāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press