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Hindi
Noun
गुड • (guḍ) m
- Alternative spelling of गुड़ (guṛ)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গুড (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬸᬟ (Balinese script)
- গুড (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰲𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀼𑀟 (Brahmi script)
- ဂုဍ (Burmese script)
- ગુડ (Gujarati script)
- ਗੁਡ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍁𑌡 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦸꦝ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂳𑂙 (Kaithi script)
- ಗುಡ (Kannada script)
- គុឌ (Khmer script)
- ຄຸຑ (Lao script)
- ഗുഡ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᡠᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘳𑘚 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠤᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧔𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐸𑐜 (Newa script)
- ଗୁଡ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢸꢞ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆶𑆝 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖲𑖚 (Siddham script)
- ගුඩ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩒𑩨 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚰𑚖 (Takri script)
- கு³ட³ (Tamil script)
- గుడ (Telugu script)
- คุฑ (Thai script)
- གུ་ཌ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒳𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨃𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dravidian. Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kuṭV (“eyeball”).
Pronunciation
Noun
गुड • (guḍá) stem, m
- sugar which forms itself into lumps, dry sugar, treacle, molasses, first thickening of the juice of the sugarcane by boiling
- a globe or ball
- a ball to play with
- a pill
- a bit, mouthful
- an elephant's trappings or armour
- the cotton tree
- Euphorbia antiquorum
Declension
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गुड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 356.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “guda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 223