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Middle Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Old Gujarati कडूउं (kaḍūuṃ), from Prakrit कडुअ (kaḍua) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit कटुक (káṭuka). Cognate with Middle Bengali কডু (koḍu).
Adjective
कडूउं (transliteration needed)
- bitter
1558, जयवंतसूरि,
श्रुंगारमंजरी २९३:
- मुहि कडऊं बोलइ नहीं, खल बोलणां सहंति,
गुण लइ दोस न उच्चरइ, सज्जन किमहि न रुसंति.
Descendants
Further reading
- जयंत कोठारी [Jayant Kothari] (1995) “कडूउं”, in मध्यकालीन गुजराती शब्दकोश [Mediaeval Gujarati Dictionary], लालभाई दलपतभाईनो वंडो, पानकोरनाका, अहमदावाद ३८० ००१ : कलिकालसर्वज्ञ श्री हेमचन्द्राचार्य नवम जन्मशताब्दी स्मृति संस्कार शिक्षण निधि , page ८६, column 1.
- Kanubhai V. Sheth, editor (1978), Jayavantasūri's Sṛṅgāramañjarī , page २२२
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaṭú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 132
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀟𑀼𑀅 (kaḍua), from Sanskrit कटुक (káṭuka) (कटु (kaṭú) with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)). Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘎𑘚𑘳 (kaḍu), Old Hindi करवा (karavā), Old Punjabi ਕਉੜਾ (kauṛā).
Adjective
कडूउं • (kaḍūuṃ)
- bitter
c. 1450,
Nalarāyadavadantīcarita 120:
- चंदन कडूउ चंद्रि कलंक, रयणार खारउ जलि पंक
गुणमय नल-नइं जूयरहाडि, रतन दोष दिइ विहि कुण पाडि- caṃdana kaḍūu caṃdri kalaṃka, rayaṇāra khāraü jali paṃka
guṇamaya nala-naïṃ jūyarahāḍi, ratana doṣa dii vihi kuṇa pāḍi - Sandal is bitter, the moon has a spot, the ocean (which contains jewels) is brackish, in water there is mud
Even the virtuous Nala had the bad habit of dicing. Who can defeat Fate who puts a flaw in a jewel?
Descendants
Further reading