સોરઠ

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa सोरट्ठ (soraṭṭha), from Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀭𑀝𑁆𑀞 (soraṭṭha), from Sanskrit સૌરાષ્ટ્ર (saurāṣṭra),[1] vṛddhi derivative of સુરાષ્ટ્ર (surāṣṭra, literally “having good dominion”). Doublet of સૌરાષ્ટ્ર (saurāṣṭra). Cognate with Marathi सोरठ (soraṭh).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

સોરઠ • (soraṭh) m[2][3][4]

  1. Saurashtra (a region of Gujarat, India)
    સોરઠની મિસિસ સિંઘમ ― soraṭhnī misis siṅgham ― Mrs Singham of Saurashtra

Derived terms

  • સોરઠિયાણી (sorṭhiyāṇī, “woman from Saurashtra”)
  • સોરઠિયો (sorṭhiyo, “horse or male from Saurashtra”)
  • સોરઠી (sorṭhī, adjective)

Noun

સોરઠ • (soraṭh) m[2][3][4]

  1. (music) a raga of the 2nd prahara of the night, in the Khamaj thaat.

Derived terms

  • સોરઠો (sorṭho, “kind of poetic metre”)

References

More information
  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saurāṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 785: “G. M. soraṭh m. 'a district in Kathiawar' … G. M. soraṭh m.”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “સોરઠ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “સોરઠ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 “સોરઠ”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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