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Marathi
Etymology
Compare Hindi गढ़ (gaṛh). Doublet of गड्डी (gaḍḍī, “a bundle of objects or fort”)
Noun
गड • (gaḍ) m
- a fort on a hill, a hill-fort
- Synonym: गिरिदुर्ग (giridurga)
- a fort or castle
- Synonyms: किल्ला (killā), दुर्ग (durga)
Derived terms
- रायगड (rāygaḍ, “a district in Maharashtra and its namesake fort”)
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गड”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gaḍha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press