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Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘪𑘰𑘑 (vāgha), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀕𑁆𑀖 (vaggha), from Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghrá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wyāgʰrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wyāgʰrás. Cognate with Gujarati વાઘ (vāgh), Hindi बाघ (bāgh), Punjabi ਬਾਘ (bāgh), Bengali বাঘ (bagh), Assamese বাঘ (bagh).
Noun
वाघ • (vāgh) m
- tiger
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “वाघ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वाघ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vyāghrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press