વાંદર

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• વાંદરો (vā̃dro)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀭 (vāṇara), from Sanskrit वानर (vānara), vṛddhi derivative of वनर (vanara, “anything related to forest”), from वन (vana, “forest”) +‎ -र (-ra, adjectival suffix). Doublet of વાનર (vānar). Cognate with Assamese বান্দৰ (bandor), Bengali বাঁদর (bãdor), Hindi बंदर (bandar), Punjabi باندر / ਬਾਂਦਰ (bāndar), and Sindhi باندر / बांदरु (bāndru).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑn.d̪əɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

વાંદર • (vāndar) m (feminine વાંદરી, neuter વાંદરું)

1. monkey

   Synonym: વાનર (vānar)

References

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