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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑀸𑀯 (kalāva), from Sanskrit कलाप (kalāpa). First attested in c. 1603[1] as Middle Hindi کلاوا (klava). Cognate with Marathi कळवा (kaḷvā) and Punjabi کلاوا (kalāvā).
Pronunciation
Noun
کَلاوَا • (kalāvā) m (Hindi spelling कलावा)
- A rope tied around an elephant's neck to control it.
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- ^ “کلاوا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “کلاوا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کلاوا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kalāpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 149