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Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *कथावार्त्ता (kathāvārttā), from कथा (kathā) + वार्त्ता (vārttā). The phoneme /ɛ/ originating from કહેવું (kahevũ), which derives from the same root as कथा (kathā), कथ् (kath). Cognate with Hindustani کَہاوَت / कहावत (kahāvat) and Marwari कैवत (kaivat).
Pronunciation
Noun
કહેવત • (kahevat) f
- proverb, saying, adage
- Synonyms: મસલ (masal), સૂત્ર (sūtra), લોકોક્તિ (lokokti)
Further reading
- “કહેવત”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- “કહેવત”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kathāvārttā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 135