હાથી
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See also: હાથ
Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Old Gujarati हाथीउ (hāthīu), from Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (hatthi), 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (hatthī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺 (hasti), from Sanskrit हस्तिन् (hastin).[1] Cognate with Hindi and Marwari हाथी (hāthī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈɦɑ.t̪ʰi/
Noun
હાથી • (hāthī) m (feminine હાથણ)
Declension
| Declension of હાથી | ||
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| nominative | હાથી (hāthī) | હાથીઓ (hāthīo) |
| oblique | હાથી (hāthī) | હાથીઓ (hāthīo) |
| vocative | હાથી (hāthī) | હાથીઓ (hāthīo) |
| instrumental | હાથી (hāthī) | હાથીઓ (hāthīo) |
| locative | હાથીએ (hāthīe) | હાથીઓએ (hāthīoe) |
See also
| Chess pieces in Gujarati · શેતરંજનાં મોહરાં (śetrañjnā̃ mohrā̃) (layout · text) | |||||
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| રાજા (rājā) | વજીર (vajīr) | હાથી (hāthī) | ઊંટ (ū̃ṭa) | ઘોડો (ghoḍo) | પ્યાદું (pyādũ) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hastin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 812
Further reading
- “હાથી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.