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Old Marathi
Etymology
From Sanskrit उषस् (uṣas).
Noun
उखा (ukhā) f (Modi 𑘄𑘏𑘰)
- dawn
- Synonym: सकाळ (sakāḷa)
References
- Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- উখা (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬔᬵ (Balinese script)
- উখা (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰏𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀔𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဥခါ (Burmese script)
- ઉખા (Gujarati script)
- ਉਖਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌖𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦑꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂎𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಉಖಾ (Kannada script)
- ឧខា (Khmer script)
- ອຸຂາ (Lao script)
- ഉഖാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᡘᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘏𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠤᠻᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑦯𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐏𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଉଖା (Odia script)
- ꢆꢓꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆒𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖏𑖯 (Siddham script)
- උඛා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩝𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚋𑚭 (Takri script)
- உக²ா (Tamil script)
- ఉఖా (Telugu script)
- อุขา (Thai script)
- ཨུ་ཁཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒐𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨌𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From a Proto-Indo-European *aukw-, *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos (“cooking pot”) (compare Albanian anë, Latin olla, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós), and Old English ofn (English oven).
Pronunciation
Noun
उखा • (ukhā) stem, f
- a boiler, cauldron
- any saucepan, pot, or vessel which can be placed over fire (RV., AV., etc.)
- a particular part of the upper leg (Pāṇ., Car.)
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “उखा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0172/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 210