कोड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀓𑁄𑀭𑀟 (*koraḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate to Punjabi ਕੋਰੜਾ (korṛā), ਕੋੜਾ (koṛā), Nepali कोर्रा (korrā), Gujarati કોરડો (korḍo), Bengali কোড়া (kōṛa), Marathi कोरडा (korḍā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /koː.ɽɑː/, [koː.ɽäː]

Noun

कोड़ा • (koṛā) m

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Synonyms: चाबुक (cābuk), साँटा (sā̃ṭā), चुटक (cuṭak)

Declension

Declension of *कोड़ा* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	कोड़ा koṛā	कोड़े koṛe
oblique	कोड़े koṛe	कोड़ों koṛõ
vocative	कोड़े koṛe	कोड़ो koṛo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “koṛā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kōraḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press