હાથી

See also: હાથ

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati हाथीउ (hāthīu), from Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (hatthi), 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (hatthī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺 (hasti), from Sanskrit हस्तिन् (hastin).[1] Cognate with Hindi and Marwari हाथी (hāthī).

Pronunciation

Noun

હાથી • (hāthī) m (feminine હાથણ)

  1. elephant
    Synonyms: ગજ (gaj), કુંજર (kuñjar), મેગળ (megaḷ)
  2. (chess) rook

Declension

Declension of હાથી
singular plural
nominative હાથી (hāthī) હાથીઓ (hāthīo)
oblique હાથી (hāthī) હાથીઓ (hāthīo)
vocative હાથી (hāthī) હાથીઓ (hāthīo)
instrumental હાથી (hāthī) હાથીઓ (hāthīo)
locative હાથીએ (hāthīe) હાથીઓએ (hāthīoe)

See also

Chess pieces in Gujarati · શેતરંજનાં મોહરાં (śetrañjnā̃ mohrā̃) (layout · text)
રાજા (rājā) વજીર (vajīr) હાથી (hāthī) ઊંટ (ū̃ṭa) ઘોડો (ghoḍo) પ્યાદું (pyādũ)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hastin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 812

Further reading

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