𑘮𑘯𑘳
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Old Marathi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- 𑘮𑘩𑘳 (halu)
Etymology
[edit]From Maharastri Prakrit 𑀳𑀮𑀼𑀅 (halua), which is the metathesis of Sanskrit 𑘩𑘑𑘳 (laghú).[1][2]
Adjective
[edit]𑘮𑘯𑘳 (haḷu) (Devanagari हळु)
- lightweight; easily digestible; low in price; of little significance; slow
Adverb
[edit]𑘮𑘯𑘳 (haḷu) (Devanagari हळु)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bloch, Jules (1915/1920) La formation de la langue marathe (in French), Paris: Édouard Champion; republished as Dev Raj Chanana, transl., The Formation of the Marathi Language[1] (in English), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1970, page 175
- ^ Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 245.
Further reading
[edit]- Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “हळु”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “laghú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 631
Categories:
- Old Marathi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Marathi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lengʷʰ-
- Old Marathi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Old Marathi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Old Marathi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Old Marathi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Old Marathi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Marathi terms inherited from Maharastri Prakrit
- Old Marathi terms derived from Maharastri Prakrit
- Old Marathi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Old Marathi lemmas
- Old Marathi adjectives
- Old Marathi adjectives in Modi script
- Old Marathi adverbs
- Old Marathi adverbs in Modi script