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Old Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Gurjara Apabhramsa सोण्णउं (soṇṇaũ), from Prakrit सोअण्ण (soaṇṇa), सोवण्ण (sovaṇṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit सौवर्ण (sauvarṇa), vṛddhi derivative of सुवर्ण (suvárṇa).
Noun
सोनउं • (sonaüṃ) n
- gold
c. 14th century,
Vasantavilās 71b:
- मुरकलइं मुह मचकोडइ मोडइ ललवल अंगु।
वानि सोवन्न वखोडइ लोडइ नितु नवु रंगु।- murakalaïṃ muha macakoḍaï moḍaï lalavala aṃgu.
vāni sovanna vakhoḍaï loḍaï nitu navu raṃgu.
c. 1450,
Nalarāyadavadantīcarita 45:
- मरकत-मणि साथीय कूयलउं। पीत कंति सोना-नउं तलउं।
पदमराग-थांभा रूयडा। चित्रि लिख्या सारस-सूयडा॥- marakata-maṇi sāthīya kūyalaüṃ. pīta kaṃti sonā-naüṃ talaüṃ.
padamarāga-thāṃbhā rūyaḍā. citri likhyā sārasa-sūyaḍā. - with a delicate svastika of emerald and a floor of lovely yellow gold,
beautiful with ruby pillars, and pictures of sāras-birds and parrots
Descendants
References
- Ernest Bender (1951) “sonā, sona”, in Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 369, column 2.
- मधुसूदन चिमनलाल मोदी (1960) “सोवन्न”, in वसन्त विलास [Vasantavilas, lit. The Joys of Spring], जोधपुर, राजस्थान : राजस्थान प्राच्यविद्या प्रतिष्ठान , page ९१, column 2.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “suvárṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 779