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

mountain
Synonyms: પર્વત (parvat), ગિરિ (giri), કોહ (koh)
hill
Synonyms: ડુંગર (ḍuṅgar), જબલ (jabal), કોહ (koh)
(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 (in English), Atmaram Sagun, page 492
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pāhāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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