Old Kannada edit

Etymology edit

From a Middle Indo-Aryan dialect; compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀠𑀯𑀻 (puḍhavī, earth). Ultimately from Sanskrit पृथिवी (pṛthivī).

Noun edit

ಪೊಡವಿ (poḍavi)

  1. earth

Further reading edit

  • Dr. P. V. Narayana, editor (2007), “ಪೊಡವಿ”, in ಹಳಗನ್ನಡ ಪದಸಂಪದ [haḷagannaḍa padasampada, Halagannada Padasampada]‎[1] (in Kannada), Kannada Sahitya Parishattu