અંઘોળ

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑁄𑀳𑀮𑀺 (aṃgohali), from Sanskrit *अङ्गहोल (*aṅgahola). Cognate with Marathi आंघोळ (āṅghoḷ), Marwari अंगोळ (aṅgoḷ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈəŋ.ɡʱoɭ/

Noun

અંઘોળ • (aṅghoḷ) n

bath, bathing, shower, ablution
Synonyms: સ્નાન (snān), નહાવણ (nahāvaṇ)
the state of having been cleaned, and thus refraining from contact with others

Derived terms

અંઘોળડી (aṅghoḷḍī, “song sung during ceremonial wedding bath”)
અંઘોળવું (aṅghoḷvũ, “to bathe”)
અંઘોળિયું (aṅghoḷiyũ, “vessel for heating water for bathing”)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṅgahōla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “અંઘોળ”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 718.
“અંઘોળ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
Mehta, Bhanusukhram Nirgunram, Mehta, Bharatram Bhanusukhram (1925) The Modern Gujarati-English Dictionary: (with Etymology, Idioms, Proverbs, Quotations, Botanical and Other Technical Terms)‎^[1], Baroda: M. C. Kothari, page 19, column 1