ગઢ

Gujarati

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás
    Prakrit 𑀕𑀠 (gaḍha)
    Gujarati ગઢ (gaḍh)

    Inherited from Old Gujarati गढ (gaḍha), from Prakrit 𑀕𑀠 (gaḍha), from Sanskrit *गृध (*gṛdha, “fort”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás (“enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰ-ó-s, from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”). Cognate with Punjabi ਗਡ਼੍ਹ (gaṛh), Kumaoni गड़, Bengali গড় (goṛ), Hindi गढ़ (gaṛh), Marathi गढी (gaḍhī).

    Noun

    ગઢ • (gaḍh) m

    1. fort
    2. hill
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