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Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑀫𑀤𑁆𑀤 (karamadda), from Sanskrit करमर्द (karamarda).[1] Cognate with Gujarati કરમદી (karamdī), Hindustani کَرَونْدَو / करौंदा (karaundā).
Pronunciation
Noun
करवंद • (karvanda) f
- conkerberry (Carissa spinarum)
Noun
करवंद • (karvanda) n
- conkerberry
1950, “जाळीमंदी पिकली करवंद [jāḷīmandī piklī karvanda, The conkerberries in the bush have ripened]”, in पुडचं पाऊल [puḍca pāūl], performed by माणिक वर्मा [māṇik varmā]:चला दोघं मिळुनी चढू टेकडीवर / चढता चढता धरा हात की वाट नसे रुंद / जाळीमंदी पिकली करवंद- ċalā dogha miḷunī ċaḍhū ṭekḍīvara / ċaḍhtā ċaḍhtā dharā hāt kī vāṭ nase runda / j̈āḷīmandī piklī karvanda
- Let's climb up the hill together / Hold my hand as we go up because the path is not wide / The conkerberries in the bush have ripened
References
Further reading
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “करवंद”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “करवंद”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “करवंद”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press