𑘝𑘲𑘞𑘲𑘪𑘰𑘨

Old Marathi

Alternative forms

• 𑘞𑘲𑘞𑘲𑘪𑘰𑘨 (thīthīvāra)

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from 𑘝𑘲𑘞𑘲 (tīthī) +‎ 𑘪𑘰𑘨 (vāra). Compare Apabhramsa तिहिवार (tihivāra) and Baroda Marathi तेहेवार (tehevār).

Noun

𑘝𑘲𑘞𑘲𑘪𑘰𑘨 (tīthīvāra) m (Devanagari तिथिवार)

1. occasion (the date and the day of the week)
   • 1278, Mhāïmbhaṭa, Līḷācaritra, "Pūrvārdha." (Kolte edition) 570:

     𑘊𑘞 𑘝𑘲𑘞𑘲𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘳 𑘕𑘰𑘜𑘪𑘰𑘪𑘰

     etha tīthīvāru jāṇavāvā

   • c. 1300, Combhā, Ukhāharaṇa 1128:

     𑘝𑘹𑘮𑘲𑘽 𑘝𑘲𑘞𑘲𑘪𑘰𑘨 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘪𑘜 𑘎𑘨𑘰𑘪𑘹𑘧𑘰 . 𑘭𑘻𑘚𑘲𑘊𑘩𑘹𑘽 𑘢𑘰𑘝𑘚𑘹𑘽.

     tehīṃ tīthīvāra śravaṇa karāveyā . soḍīeleṃ pātaḍeṃ.

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*tithivāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 331