ખેંખડો

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (kakkaḍa), from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa, “crab”), with the word structure and semantic domain suggested borrowing from a substrate language; compare Santali ᱠᱟᱴᱠᱚᱢ (kaṭkôm, “crab”).[1] Cognate with Assamese কেঁকোৰা (kẽküra), Bengali কাঁকড়া (kãkoṛa), Hindi केकड़ा (kekṛā), Kamta কাঁকৰা (kãkora), Marathi खेकडा (khekḍā), Odia କାଂକଡ଼ା (kāṅkaṛā), କାକାଡ଼ା (kākāṛā),

Pronunciation

Noun

ખેંખડો • (kheṅkhḍo) m

  1. crab
    Synonym: કરચલો (karaclo)

Declension

Declension of ખેંખડો
singular plural
nominative ખેંખડો (kheṅkhḍo) ખેંખડા, ખેંખડાઓ (kheṅkhḍā, kheṅkhḍāo)
oblique ખેંખડા (kheṅkhḍā) ખેંખડાઓ (kheṅkhḍāo)
vocative ખેંખડા (kheṅkhḍā) ખેંખડાઓ (kheṅkhḍāo)
instrumental ખેંખડે (kheṅkhḍe) ખેંખડાએ (kheṅkhḍāe)
locative ખેંખડે (kheṅkhḍe) ખેંખડે (kheṅkhḍe)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karkaṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

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