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Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑁂𑀟𑁆𑀠 (*peḍḍha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), likely from a substrate. Related to Sanskrit पीठ (pīṭha, “stool, bench”) whence પીઢિયું (pīḍhiyũ, “beam”). Cognate with Hindustani پیڑھی / पीढ़ी (pīṛhī), Marathi पेढी (peḍhī), Punjabi پیڑھی / ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ (pīṛhī), and Sindhi پيڍِي / पेढी (peḍhī).
Pronunciation
Noun
પેઢી • (peḍhī) f
- step (of a ladder)
- company, store
- (economics) firm
- lineage, ancestry, genealogy, generation
1979, Manilal Dwivedi, આત્મવૃત્તાંત [ātmavŕttā̃t, Autobiography]:મારુ કુટુંબ નડીયાદમાં ક્યાંથી આવ્યું હશે તે મને ખબર નથી, પણ તેની પાંચ સાત પેઢી નડીયાદમાં જ થએલી એમ મારા સમજવામાં છે.- mārū̃ kuṭumb naḍīyādmā̃ kyā̃thī āvyũ haśe te mane khabar nathī, paṇ tenī pā̃c sāt peḍhī naḍīyādmā̃j thaelī em mārā samajvāmā̃ che.
- I don't know where my family originally came from before Nadiad, but I understand that they have been in Nadiad for five to seven generations.
Further reading
- “પેઢી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- “પેઢી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pīṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 465