गोड

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit गौड (gauḍa), the vṛddhi derivative of गुड (guḍa).

Adjective

गोड • (gōḍ) (Latin script goud, Kannada script ಗೋಡ)

1. sweet

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘐𑘻𑘚 (goḍa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀟𑁆𑀟 (goḍḍa), from Sanskrit गौड (gauḍa), the vṛddhi derivative of गुड (guḍa). Related with गूळ (gūḷ, “jaggery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoɖ/

Adjective

गोड • (goḍ)

1. sweet

   Synonym: मधुर (madhur) (literary)

Derived terms

• गोडवा (goḍvā, “sweetness”)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “गोड”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गोड”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गोड”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gauḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press